After confiscation

Audi of 19-year-old speeding driver will not be auctioned off

This silver Audi A4 was provisionally confiscated.

(Bild: Horst Einöder/Flashpictures)

A 19-year-old was speeding along Rohrbacher Straße at almost 200 km/h - which is why his Audi A4 was confiscated in accordance with the speeding law, as reported. It was the second car confiscation under the new regulation in Upper Austria. However, there will be no forced sale this time either.

Because he wanted to "quickly pick up" an acquaintance, as the 19-year-old Kosovar from the Hausruckviertel later stated, he sped along Rohrbacher Straße in an Audi A4 on Friday evening and was clocked at 199 km/h in Kleinzell - the "Krone" reported. Minus the measurement tolerance, 193 km/h counted. This meant the car was gone, because according to the new nationwide speeding law, vehicles are confiscated if they are at least 90 km/h too fast outside built-up areas. In the worst case, there is the threat of forced sale.

No forced sale
However, the 19-year-old will be spared this: "We won't be auctioning it off," says Rohrbach district governor Valentin Pühringer. The reason: "The vehicle belongs to a third party and will be handed over to him in the next few days." In other words: the 19-year-old was the driver of the car, but not its owner, so there is no forced sale. The Audi is probably owned by the speeding driver's father.

At 223 km/h in the rental car
This is a repeat of the still recent history of the new speeding law in Upper Austria. After all, the vehicle was returned to the owner when it was first registered in March near Allhaming. At that time, a 36-year-old was speeding along the Westautobahn at 223 km/h in a rented car.