A change in the traffic rules made it possible to impose significantly heavier penalties on speed offenders as of March 1. Since then, 17 cars have been seized in Lower Austria and further proceedings are underway.
Anyone who drives too fast since March 1 can lose both their driver’s license and their car. The 34th amendment to the Road Traffic Act (StVo) makes this possible. Since then, cars can be seized on the spot if they drive faster than 60 km/h in urban areas and 70 km/h in open areas. If the driver has previously been caught for similar offenses, such as participating in an illegal car race, it will be auctioned. Otherwise, the vehicle will be returned to him, but the driver’s license will not be granted. If you drive 80 or 90 km/h too fast, you will lose your car forever.
Lifelong driving ban
The only exception: the owner of the car has not been caught or it is a lease or rental car. These can only be temporarily seized for a maximum period of 14 days. However, the driver will be banned from driving this vehicle for life.
Since then, seventeen vehicles have been seized directly by police in Lower Austria, and others are still under investigation for being caught by radar boxes. The first person to lose their car in this way was a 21-year-old who was caught driving at 150mph on the A22 near Stockerau on March 9. The young man from the Mistelbach district was 117 km/h too fast. However, he takes legal action against the acceptance of the case; the case is before the state administrative court.
Source: Krone
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