The Altaussee fire department had to respond to an unusual vehicle recovery on Friday. A woman from Salzburg could no longer drive her sports car back and forth across the waterfront. The campaign will probably be expensive for the driver.
“The driver was very lucky,” says Christian Fischer, chief fire inspector at the Altaussee volunteer fire department. A section of the waterfront had been broken off by the storm: “That was also the reason why the woman could no longer drive her vehicle back and forth,” he lists.
Driving ban ignored
But from the beginning: Friday the fire brigade was called to the Altaussee. “The given location was quite unusual, as it was about 350 meters after the beach café,” says Fischer.
200 meters back
There is a strict driving ban for motorists on the narrow gravel road, but the woman from Salzburg had apparently ignored or overlooked the prohibition signs: “The path is so narrow that it can sometimes be cramped for pedestrians and cyclists,” says the Styrian.
According to Fischer, the woman noticed something was wrong after about 300 meters: “That’s why she tried to drive back in the car. She managed to do that for 200 meters, but then it was over.”
Classic cars came into play
Twenty men from the volunteer fire brigade had to go out to recover the vehicle, and the modern sports car was towed away mainly by an ‘old gentleman’: ‘We had to use our strongest workhorse, a Puch Haflinger, built in 1963’, laughs the firefighter.
Compensation and fine
Does the driver now have to pay for the operation? “Yes, of course,” says Fischer. “There is a separate fee schedule according to which these types of operations are invoiced. Of course, our time is taken into account.”
The reason the woman gave for her wanderings was that the navigation system had shown her the way home along this route.
Source: Krone
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