When on Saturday morning about ten young people, like other holidaymakers, stood on the Tauernautobahn, they were also mistaken for them. One said they wanted to go to “Tutto Gas” in Lignano. Only when the activists jumped into the street did it become clear what they were planning to do.
They pretended to be vacationers. “We want to get an overview of the traffic jam,” said a student who appeared with other people on the busy Tauernautobahn shortly before Hallein on Saturday morning. But the group did not want to go to “Tutto Gas” in Lignano.
Across the road
Because suddenly everyone put on last-generation vests and ran between the holiday cars. They quickly lined up across the road and kept their hands on the asphalt. A deafening concert of horns immediately began and fingers were raised. “Are you crazy? Go to work! Our children have to wait because of you!” German holidaymakers shouted at the activists. A holidaymaker grabbed an activist by the sleeve, his dog needed a walk and he wanted to leave. The situation threatened to escalate briefly.
28 kilometers of inland water
But the police were quickly on the spot, near the A10 exit near Hallein. Even before the sit-in, almost nothing happened there. During the night, a backlog of 28 kilometers formed in front of the tunnel construction sites. As police marched, holidaymakers filmed the event.
Some thought it was “unbelievable”. “We are destroying the planet. But such an action is downright dangerous,” said a man from Stuttgart who wanted to go to Croatia. “Climate protection must be in the constitution. We are not leaving here voluntarily,” one climate activist emphasized. In the middle of it all, Valerian Miller from Kaufbeuren cradled baby Leo in his arms. “We want to go to Bibione and left at five in the morning,” he said, wondering how much traffic there was.
Traffic jam advisor: “Holidaymakers are already planning traffic jams”
Most holidaymakers calmly accepted the waiting time of up to five hours. “You plan for traffic jams. But the level of relaxation is decreasing,” reports ÖAMTC traffic jam advisor Herbert Thaler. Until police ended the demonstration, they turned motorists away from the highway onto the federal highway.
Source: Krone
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