Police in Burgenland are investigating against a driver from Hungary for doing more than 200 kilometres per hour (kph).Officials in Oberwart said today (Mon) the BMW was caught travelling at 218 kph near Schachendorf by a radar trap on a 100 kph limit main road yesterday. Austrian police have already contacted their colleagues in bordering […]
The Vienna City Marathon (VCM) is on its way to break records.Organisers of the competition Austrias biggest sporting event said today (Thurs) over 28,000 athletes from 110 countries all around the world have already registered to participate in the VCMs various competitions on 17 April.Especially the Half Marathon competition and the relay race […]
A Lithuanian driver has been arrested after crashing through a road barrier.The 41-year-old man got behind the wheel after causing an accident near Laa an der Thaya in Lower Austria yesterday (Tues). He crashed through a road block police had built up a few kilometres down the road close to the Czech border.The hit and […]
The Austrian foreign ministry has appealed to Austrians to leave the Greater Tokyo Area.Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, a spokesman for the ministry, said today (Tues) people were well-advised to depart from the region. He said: “It cannot be estimated how the situation will develop after the incidents at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.”Several explosions occurred at the […]
A Lower Austrian farmer has vowed not to pay a fine of 60 Euros after allegedly breaking the speed limit on his tractor.Andreas K. from Schönberg am Kamp told newspapers today (Tues) he received a postal notification saying a vehicle registered under the licence plate of his tractor was caught driving 155 kilometres per […]
A confused elderly man tried to find his way home in a German town almost 400 kilometres from his Austrian hometown, it has been reported.Newspapers in Bavaria reported yesterday (Mon) that the 81-year-old from Vienna had wandered around a retirement home in Breitbrunn at the Ammer Lake for more than three hours on Saturday before […]
Viennese technology company Kapsch TrafficCom AG (Kapsch) has bagged a major assignment in Poland.The road toll systems specialist said today (Thurs) it will set up a digital radio system on 84 kilometres of railway network in the country. The company, which is headed by Georg Kapsch, added the contract was worth 11 million Euros.Kapsch official […]
A main road in Vorarlberg had to be closed down for around an hour after a farmer lost a trailer full of apples last night (Mon).The 46-year-old from Rankweil kept on driving after failing to notice that the rear flap of his tractors trailer had opened due to a technical error on the L190 motorway […]
A tram driver faces disciplinary procedures for working while being high on drugs.Vienna public transport agency Wiener Linien announced today (Thurs) the 25-year-old was suspended after a drug test showed he steered a line 71 tram under the influence of illegal substances yesterday. The company did not reveal what kind of drugs the man had […]
A Lower Austrian trying to kill himself by crashing his car was stopped by police after going at breakneck speed for dozens of kilometres up a busy motorway on Tuesday.Authorities announced today (Fri) the 44-year-old man was tracked down driving his Audi sports car at dense traffic on the A9 Pyhrn motorway after several horrified […]