Heavy controls on the southern motorway: Police uncover numerous deficiencies!
Numerous heavy vehicle inspections on March 5 and 6, 2025 revealed serious violations, including technical defects and exceeding driving times.
Heavy controls on the southern motorway: Police uncover numerous deficiencies!
Road traffic controls in the busy area of the southern motorway show alarming results! At the beginning of March, the police carried out intensive, priority checks in which 49 heavy-duty vehicles were checked. An incredible 176 reports were issued for violations of driving and rest times. This event, which took place on March 5th and 6th, also served to train new traffic police officers who will pass on their knowledge in the future. Among the vehicles checked were two animal transporters and three dangerous goods transporters. According to information from orf.at 84 technical defects were found here, 13 of which were so serious that the license plates of the vehicles were temporarily removed and several drivers were banned from continuing their journey.
Training for the police service
The training of the new traffic specialists is part of a comprehensive program organized by the Federal Police Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior. Experts from various institutions, including officials from the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment and Energy, are involved in this process. Closely linked to the theory is a pragmatic course of study that prepares candidates for work in the senior police service komm-zur-bundespolizei.de is explained. After a three-year diploma course at the Federal University of Public Administration, which includes both theoretical and practical phases, the graduates are ready to take on various tasks within the police and hold the title of graduate in administrative management (FH).
The demands are increasing, and with them the need for the police to be highly trained to keep the streets safe. Serious traffic violations can also be expected in the future, as the current controls impressively show.