Tempo 100 on motorways? Landbauer warns of driver harassment!

Tempo 100 on motorways? Landbauer warns of driver harassment!

A heated debate about the speed limit on Austria's highways picks up speed. Udo Landbauer, the state party chairman of the FPÖ, expressed sharp criticism of the recent recommendation of fiscal council president Christoph Badelt, who proposes a reduction to 100 km / h. "Please take a look at the current economic elections, but spare drivers and hard-working commuters with their reverse snail Tempo fantasies," says Landbauer and emphasizes that such measures do not contribute to improving global climate. He sees it as unreasonable to burden the commuters and entrepreneurs with such restrictions, while Austria's CO2 emissions are already low in a global comparison. How OTS he described Tempo 100 as a" step into the mobile stone time "and asked for one instead Raising the speed limit to 150 km/h on suitable sections.

Resistance to Tempo 30 regulations

The resistance to restrictive traffic regulations is not only limited to the motorway limits. In several municipalities, the introduction of km / h oncover 30. It is feared that such measures will be perceived as a “rip -off” and that drivers also burden drivers. These fears in the reporting of MeiHeimat are clear, where citizens are against negative effects on traffic safety and mobility. It is clear that the discussion about speed limits and their implementation continues in the country and remains fiercely contested in the political arena.