Austrian decision-makers have revealed plans to introduce a cycling helmet law for children.Social Democratic (SPÖ) Traffic Minister Doris Bures said in a TV interview yesterday (Sun) that she was in favour of a decree forcing everyone under the age of 10 to wear helmets while cycling.Bures explained that the law was part of a traffic […]
Diplomats failed to pay more than 2,000 traffic fines across Austria last year, it has emerged.A parliamentary enquiry by Freedom Party (FPÖ) MP Martin Graf forced the office of Peoples Party (ÖVP) Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger to reveal that two thirds of the 2,400 fines for various breaches of traffic rules by diplomats went unpaid […]
An Austrian who never took a driving test faces charges for breaching traffic rules after being caught behind the wheel on Sunday.Asked by traffic police for his licence in Ruhstorf an der Rott, Germany, near the Austrian border, the 51-year-old man admitted that he has never possessed one. Bavarian traffic officials contacted their colleagues in […]
Vienna International Airport (VIA) has strengthened its reputation as a major gateway to Eastern Europe (EE).The airport said today (Thurs) that it registered 9.9 per cent more passengers on flights departing to and arriving from airports in EE last month than in January 2010. VIA added that the number of passengers on flights to destinations […]
Drivers might be allowed to use the breakdown lane of motorways in Austria from next year.Klaudia Niedermühlbichler, a spokeswoman for road administration authority Asfinag, revealed today (Thurs) a plan to start running tests on the A4 eastern motorway between Vienna and Schwechat in Lower Austria in 2012.There has been discussion over whether motorists should get […]
Public transport officials in Vienna have rubbished claims that mayhem will be bought about when it shuts down one of its busiest U-Bahn connections for several weeks next year.Wiener Linien, which manages public transport service in the federal capital, announced today (Mon) that it will stop offering service on the U1 underground line between Reumannplatz […]
Fewer drivers were charged for drink-driving last year than in 2009, it has been announced.The federal interior ministry, which is in charge of Austrias police units, said today (Fri) that 37,519 drunken drivers were fined or reported to prosecutors in 2010. The ministry said that more than 41,100 drivers were caught breaching the Austrian legal […]
Three criminals were caught after robbing a jewellers and hijacking a police car in Tyrol yesterday (Weds).The Serbian gang aged between 21 and 29 threatened staff at a posh jeweller’s shop in Innsbruck with guns before smashing several showcases with hammers and an axe around midday. The trio escaped with several precious watches and various […]
Austria is moving further away from meeting agreed greenhouse gas emission limits as lorry traffic is on the rise.New figures presented by the Austrian Traffic Club (VCÖ) today (Thurs) show that the volume of lorry traffic on Austrias busiest motorways increased year on year in 2010.The organisation, which examined road authority Asfinags annual data, said […]
A German man lost his licence after he was caught speeding by a radar trap three times on the same day.Traffic police followed and stopped the 28-year-old tourist after the third offence in the town centre of Innsbruck, Tyrol, yesterday (Sun). Officials said today the man was going at 120 kilometres per hour (kph) in […]