Vienna is fighting against racers: new cameras and radar boxes in use!

Vienna is fighting against racers: new cameras and radar boxes in use!

Wien, Österreich - The city of Vienna takes the fight against illegal street races seriously! This year, 20 new surveillance cameras and five radar boxes are to be installed in order to be increasingly against the so-called Roadrunner scene, which has repeatedly caused injuries and even deaths in recent years. Traffic State Councilor Ulli Sima (SPÖ) also calls for uniform rules nationwide to punish more quickly. In Germany there are already strict laws that provide a prison sentence of up to two years for participating in illegal street races, and Sima wants to enforce similar measures in Austria, such as wien.orf.at reported .

To support this project, up to 40 traffic cameras and 20 radar boxes for up to three million euros in the coming years are to be purchased. A corresponding decision of the mobility committee of the Vienna municipal council is imminent. These new devices will serve the Viennese police for improved control in the city's hotspots in order to pursue the law crusher more effectively. According to a joint explanation of the city of Vienna and state police, this is a "further central component in the fight against the Roadrunner scene in Vienna", so in a report by .