Tag: Vehicle Codes Driving Laws
Speeders stopped – Tyrolean police confiscated motorcycle for the first time
The motorcycle season has begun and the executive is keeping a close eye on the bikers. During a check in Kirchbichl in Tyrol on Saturday, the police pulled a biker…
City has to watch – Czech provider lets e-bikes race illegally
Sophisticated electric vehicles have become a danger on Vienna’s cycle paths. They are also a thorn in the side of the city. But she currently has no control over it.…
Police stopped them – drivers raced through the construction site area at 130 km/h
Two men lost their driving licenses on Monday. They were traveling much too fast on the Tauern Autobahn near Flachau. Instead of the permitted 80 kilometers per hour, their speedometers…
Ancient law from 1812 – This is how you can end the rip-off with disruption of property
All over Austria there are owners or tenants of properties who make lucrative business by enforcing claims for trespassing. There are suggestions from the motorists’ clubs ARBÖ and ÖAMTC as…
Experts for 30 km/h speed limits – traffic accidents happen more often in local areas
Two thirds of traffic accidents in Salzburg occur in the local area. Experts therefore want a speed of 30 km/h. The latest amendment to the StVO, which was approved by…
Test routes planned? – Where you could drive at 150 km/h after the election
New government, new transport policy, new speed limits? According to the Freedom Party, which is currently leading in all surveys, it will soon be possible to drive at 150 km/h…
Confiscated in Tyrol – Over 80 km/h too fast: German now “carless”
On Thursday evening, a German was in a particularly hurry on the Inntal motorway in the Tyrolean lowlands: the 28-year-old was traveling more than 80 km/h too fast and was…
Driver’s license lost – alcoholic caught with almost three per mille
Styrian police officers pulled a 57-year-old driver with almost three per mille of alcohol in her blood out of traffic on the Bruck Expressway (S 35) on Monday evening. The…
Double speed limit – children in the back seat: speeders are on the loose from cars in Tyrol
The police caught two speeders in Rum near Innsbruck on Easter Sunday who were traveling much too fast in a 60 speed zone. The two Bulgarians have now not only…
Patience vs. accelerating – jumping in a queue in a traffic jam – what’s the point?
Many drivers try to get through highway traffic jams more quickly by changing lanes frequently. However, the hoped-for time gain usually does not materialize. But there is one exception. Not…
Gurtenmuffel and Co. – This is how traffic offenders bluff: the most common excuses
Whether they’re caught speeding, pushing, or not wearing seatbelts – they basically can’t do anything about it, or is it someone else’s fault. The head of the Carinthian state transport…
Two speeders caught – 160 instead of 70: Now first motorcycle confiscated
The police caught two speeders within minutes in the Lilienfeld district (Lower Austria): one biker was traveling at 160 km/h – more than twice as fast as permitted – the…