Penalties and displays at autotune meetings
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At a tuning meeting in Wals-Himmelreich (Flachgau) on Saturday evening, the police checked several cars and checked their drivers. 14 fines and five reports were issued. One of the drivers had tried in vain to escape because he had been drunk.
The driver tried to avoid being checked by the police and drove away. He was stopped 500 meters after the checkpoint. An alcohol test revealed 1.62 per mille. Therefore, the officials temporarily take the driver’s license and vehicle keys from the driver.
During the control of the meeting of car lovers at the commercial center in Wals-Siezenheim, the police officers issued a total of 14 fines and five reports. Some vehicles were too noisy or their drivers drove over stretches of road too often.
At 122 km/h through the local area
On Friday evening, a civil patrol stopped a driver who was driving far too fast. The 21-year-old probationary driver’s license holder raced through the airport underpass in the city of Salzburg at 122 kilometers per hour. The speed limit is 50 km/h, as is usual in the city. The police officers report the driver.
Drunk drivers cause traffic accidents
Two traffic accidents occurred on Sunday night, each caused by a drunk driver. In wintry road conditions, a 21-year-old skidded in Lend (Pongau) and damaged several road markers. The driver initially fled, but was quickly located. The alcohol test showed 1.38 per thousand. The 21-year-old was temporarily deprived of his probationary license and was reported.
In Seekirchen am Wallersee (Flachgau), a 38-year-old left the road on Saturday evening and drove into a traffic sign. The uninjured driver himself called the police, who carried out an alcohol mat test on site. The man had 1.82 per thousand alcohol in the blood. The officers take his driver’s license and report him.