According to the Youth Protection Act, 17-year-olds are not allowed to smoke and drink (hard) alcohol, but if it goes according to the EU, teenagers in this country should thunder in 40 tons of saddle tractors in this country. Transport Minister Peter Hanke now makes a veto via “Krone”.
After the elderly checks for seniors in the driver’s license, the next excitement of Brussels bureaucrats in traffic. The background is a long -held wish of the transport economy, which the truck drivers missed since Corona Pandemic. Now the EU wants to help the lobby of the Frächt: by the drastic reduction in the minimum age or the plan to release it to the Member States, fill this gap with professional kicks from 17!
Do not allow smoking, but send tractor tractors
So at an age in which we still use the Youth Protection Act, for example during the evening times of the evening. Smoking in public and (hard, burnt) alcohol are also prohibited.
The guidance of an experienced person in the Truck Guide House is planned, but in class C vehicles much higher requirements or special dangers such as blind spots, etc., these risks cannot be significantly accused of a “passenger”, the intervention option is low. Despite all these concerns, the plan should become a reality from autumn.
No from the Minister of Transport to “L17 Truck Drivers Licens’s”
At present, the minimum age in Austria for control is determined by such heavy equipment at the age of 21. And if it is based on Spö transport minister Peter Hanke, it should stay that way. In the “Krone” conversation he puts his veto against the Snap idea “L17 Truck Drivers License”: “For reasons of road safety, we do not intend to use the can-determination of the scope of a restoration of the age limit but also wants to guarantee the high standard in Austria.”
Statistics also showed that starting drivers are involved in accidents to a greater extent. Hanke: “When it comes to increasing the number of drivers, it is more logical to make this profession more attractive instead of simply lowering the minimum age.”
Source: Krone
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