Wanting to ‘quickly pick up’ a friend, a 19-year-old from the Hausruckviertel raced along the B127 at almost 200 km/h. The police confiscated his Audi under the new speed law. It is the second car inspection in Upper Austria.
Three young passengers – two men, one woman – were in the silver Audi A4 limousine version on Friday evening, with a 19-year-old Kosovan from the Hausruckviertel behind the wheel. In the vicinity of the Neufeldner Bridge in Kleinzell, the car was lasered on the B127 at a speed of 199 km/h. “What remains is a net 193 km/h, because you have to deduct three percent,” explains Klaus Scherleitner, head of the Upper Austrian state transport department.
According to the new speed law, this means: The car is gone and is temporarily seized.
It’s the authority’s turn
As is known, a new regulation for extreme speed offenders has been in force since March 1: if you exceed the speed by at least 80 km/h in the area or by at least 90 km/h outside the city, the vehicle will be seized by the authorities.
The 19-year-old drove 93 km/h above the permitted speed minus the measurement tolerance and therefore fell under the new, stricter law. “That doesn’t happen, you have to be aware of that,” says Scherleitner. The young Bleifuß stated that he wanted to “quickly pick up an acquaintance”. “The driver’s license has been revoked and a report has been sent to the Rohrbach district administration, which is now in charge of the process,” the head of the state transport department explained. Authorities must now clarify whether the 19-year-old driver is also the owner of the car. If this is the case, the Audi can be seized in extreme cases.
The first case involved speeders in a BMW
It is the second car acceptance in Upper Austria. In March, as reported, a 36-year-old’s BMW was temporarily seized after he drove along the Western Freeway at 223 km/h. Ultimately, his luxury car was not auctioned because it was only borrowed.
Source: Krone
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