Double decker bust up over tours

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A bitter row over the right to offer double-decker bus tours around Vienna has broken out after a German company accused a  Vienna rival of being allowed to operate a monopoly. The German company based in Munich has been trying for years to get a licence to offer double-decker tours around Vienna and now a […]

Traffic jam driver dies in bridge fall after sitting on handrail

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A driver stuck in a traffic jam died after he plunged over a bridge’s handrail yesterday (Thurs).The German got out of his car to get some fresh air in massive traffic congestion on Styria’s A9 motorway near Pürgschachen.The 30-year-old man decided to sit down on a bridge’s handrail – and died instantly after falling 30 […]

Worst holiday traffic weekend lies ahead

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Experts have warned of the “worst traffic weekend this summer”.Officials of ÖAMTC and Arbö – Austria’s leading motorists’ associations – said today (Mon) record-breaking jams were expected to occur on several key travel routes across Austria as summer holidays start in the German provinces of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria.Helmut Beigl of ÖAMTC said: “There was a […]