An FFP2 mask must still be worn on public transport in Vienna. But mask morale isn’t just dropping because of the high temperatures of the past few days. An argument broke out in Hietzing on Monday evening among several passengers that was so violent that some even had to get off the bus.
Monday evening around 6.30 pm there was an argument with several passengers on a bus on line 54b. Reason: the mask requirement in public transport. An unidentified man verbally assaulted other passengers on the bus who were either not wearing a mask or not wearing it properly. At the station “Stock im Weg” in Ober St. Veit, the situation escalated, after which several passengers had to leave the bus.
But the self-proclaimed “mask sheriff” is no stranger, at least not in the Grätzel. “There are always problems with this man. He insults other passengers if he believes they are not wearing the mask properly or if they stop to take a sip of water,” said a “Krone” reader who filmed the incident.
On the part of Wiener Linien, it states: “In case of doubt, for all critical situations in our vehicles, self-protection takes precedence over protection by third parties. We ask passengers not to get into conflict situations themselves, but to talk to our staff or, in case of emergency, to alert the police.”
In any case, the social media pages of Wiener Linien reported on Tuesday morning that from now on more focus checks should be carried out together with the Vienna police. There should also be more announcements and soon multilingual. Every week, about 5,000 passengers who travel without or wear FFP2 masks must be approached. That is about 1,000 more than at the beginning of June.
Nearly two million passengers use Wiener Linien’s buses, trams and metros every day.
Source: Krone
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