Air 100s: penalties at the pre-pandemic level – tirol.ORF.at
Traffic
In the previous year, more than 6.33 million euros in fines were collected in Tyrol for speeding the air 100 on the highways. That was 250,000 euros more than in 2020 and almost as much as before the pandemic.
In 2019, even in the year before the crisis began, the fine under the Air Pollution Control Act in Tyrol was almost 6.43 million euros. The pandemic with the lockdowns drastically reduced car traffic on the motorways in Tyrol in 2020. In particular, travel came to a standstill for months. This was also part of the reason that penalties for violations in the air 100 went down a bit. A little more than six million euros were raised in 2020.
In the previous year, too, travel was slowed down in spring and then in autumn by new CoV waves. However, at least over the summer months, traffic increased again significantly – more on this in Brenner traffic in summer at a record value. Although the bottom line car frequency remained well below the values before the pandemic, there were apparently so many speeding violations in the air sanitation area, which includes the Inntal autobahn from Kufstein to Zirl and the Brenner autobahn from Innsbruck to Schönberg.
Felipe: Air improvement and less fuel consumption
The country emphasizes that the air 100 has now been created. According to Deputy Governor Ingrid Felipe (Greens), the effect of improving air quality is undisputed – in addition to the requirements for trucks such as driving bans for certain transit transports and for older heavy vehicles that do not meet the latest emissions regulations. At the same time, the Air 100 increases “traffic safety and fuel consumption”. The reduction in speed from 130 to 100 km/h on the motorway results in fuel savings of three million liters over a year, according to state calculations.
The country argues that the loss of time due to the speed limit on the motorway is limited. At the permitted 130 km/h before the introduction of the Luft-100er, an average speed of 113 km/h was actually recorded for cars on the route between Kufstein and Innsbruck. At 100 km/h, on the other hand, the average speed is 103 km/h, according to the country’s analysis. Accordingly, the travel time on the 75 kilometers from Kufstein to Innsbruck calculates an average of four minutes more.