Alcoholized road users: Graz police are taking hard records!

Alcoholized road users: Graz police are taking hard records!

In an alarming incident on Mardi Gras, 49 driver's licenses were confiscated in Styria in a very short time, with numerous alcohol -related traffic accidents performed. The police were particularly challenged in Graz: twelve driver's license acceptance was arranged here alone during the carnival celebrations. This happened as part of increased controls, in which seven advertisements according to the driving license law were placed between 0.5 and 0.79 per thousand due to alcohol values. As 5min.at , the numbers are alarming and underline the need to raise awareness of the dangers of alcohol consumption at the wheel.

The legislator reacted to this problem and determined high penalties for alcoholic drivers. Like Austria.at , drivers who are caught with a blood alcohol content or more behind the wheel between 1.600 and Charging 5,900 euros and withdrawal of the driver's license of at least six months. Repetitioners within five years threaten even harder punishments. These measures aim to make the streets more secure and drastically reduce the number of accidents due to alcoholic driving.