Cheeky fare dodger

Police confiscate ignition keys twice

The cheeky Romanian no longer had a driver's license and then handed over the ignition keys in Gmunden twice in a row

(Bild: Birbaumer Christof)

He's cheeky for his age, you have to give him that - or simply unteachable. A 59-year-old fare dodger was caught twice at the wheel of his car within the space of an hour. Once he used a trick to get the ignition key back from the police.

A 59-year-old Romanian, who currently lives in the Mühlviertel, was driving his car in Gmunden even though he didn't have a driver's license - it had been taken away from him. And he was promptly stopped in Hatschekstraße - "hand in the ignition keys", he was told. 

With a straw man to the police
But just under an hour later, the Romanian came to the police station accompanied by a 24-year-old compatriot, who had a valid driving license, and collected the keys. The younger man promised to drive the car and only allow the 59-year-old to sit in the passenger seat.

The lie was quickly exposed
That was a lie, because just ten minutes later, a police patrol was driving along Bahnhofstrasse when they came across the car driven by the accused. So the same game again: "Please hand over the ignition key." But then they didn't give it back, so several reports were sent out.