Confiscated in Tyrol

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The series of vehicle confiscations due to massive speeding in Tyrol continues. On Saturday, a motorcycle was seized in the lowlands after the biker (32) had been traveling at over 100 km/h in a 60 km/h zone.

Someone was in a particular hurry! Shortly before 2 p.m., the 32-year-old local man came into the sights of an unmarked police motorcycle patrol in the municipality of Buch (Schwaz district).

Accelerated to almost 200 km/h
The speed demon was speeding along the B171 Tiroler Straße at 165 km/h in a 60 km/h zone. But that was not all: when the speed limit was lifted, the biker accelerated even further and was then measured at almost 200 km/h in open country!

Driving license and motorcycle gone
The speeding motorcyclist was taken off the road by the patrol. He had to surrender his driver's license on the spot. And his beloved bike was also temporarily confiscated. Charges will follow.

With the amendment to the Road Traffic Act, since March 1, vehicles can be confiscated and subsequently even auctioned if the speed limit is exceeded by more than 80 km/h in urban areas and 90 km/h outside urban areas. In the case of a relevant previous conviction, this applies from 60 or 70 km/h.