With the expected increase in traffic on Austrian roads during the Whitsun weekend, the risk of accidents also increases. The police will therefore step up their surveillance in the coming days.
In addition to the main traffic routes, the focus is also on accident-prone routes, popular excursion routes and local and recreational traffic. The Ministry of the Interior announced this in a broadcast just in time for the Whitsun weekend. The increased controls should last from Saturday to Tuesday (June 7).
Also on motorcycle routes
There will also be specific points of interest on the popular motorcycle routes. The Interior Ministry also announced consistent action against speeders and drivers, alcohol and drug drivers.
“Sustainable behavioral change in management”
“The aim of the increased monitoring is to keep the number of accidents as low as possible and to achieve a lasting change in road user behavior towards more attention and responsibility in road traffic,” emphasized Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP ).
An overview of the equipment with which the police want to catch traffic offenders:
- 2500 emergency vehicles and 350 motorcycles
- 100 Civilian Patrol Vehicles with Video Tracking System
- 334 stationary and mobile radar devices and 15 section control systems
- 57 “traffic light radar” devices
- 1,385 alcoholic beverages, 1,429 alcohol pre-test devices and 60 drug pre-test devices
- 86 moped test benches
In 2021 there were 277 accidents
In 2021, during the Whitsun weekend from Friday to Whit Monday, 343 people were killed in 277 traffic accidents and even a young female driver was killed. That is why the police are appealing to road users to take their own responsibility again this year: “Be cooperative and attentive to the road on the road.”
Source: Krone
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