Priority action

Drunk driver caught with a total of 2.16 per mille

The police carried out further checks across the country on Saturday.

(Bild: Schulter Christian)

Police took strict action: Numerous reports were made during the nationwide planned square in Burgenland. Almost 1000 drivers were checked, 17 of whom were impaired by alcohol or addictive substances. 

Once again, the police focused on drink and drug driving, speeding and making phone calls without hands-free equipment. Around 950 drivers were checked. In total, the officers caught 17 drivers impaired by alcohol or drugs. The sad peak value was recorded by a 54-year-old driver from the district of Jennersdorf with 2.16 per mille.

Over 400 reports
In addition, 420 other charges were filed and 176 administrative penalty orders were issued during the focus campaign. In 174 cases there were charges for speeding, 91 times for not keeping a safe distance. Two speeders aged 18 and 21 with British license plates in the Eisenstadt-Umgebung district, who had been flashed several times at high speeds in the previous days, were also particularly conspicuous.

Driving license gone
Both were stopped in the course of the planned square: The 18-year-old's driver's license was confiscated and his car impounded. In addition - as in the case of the 21-year-old notorious speeding driver from England - a high security deposit was levied.

In Forchtenstein, a 17-year-old driver was stopped who was driving his father's car. As he did not have a driver's license, he was prohibited from continuing his journey and a report was filed.