On the Grossglockner road

Outrage: many people are upset about marmots being run over!

With smoking and screeching tires, speeders do donuts on the Glockner Road in the Hohe Tauern National Park - animal victims included.(Bild: Martina Gebert)

The "Bergkrone" story about speeders on the panoramic road, who have also killed marmots, is causing a stir: penalties do not seem to deter the road ragers. Strict controls are now being called for.

Marmots are repeatedly run over on the Glocknerstraße because, according to the police, wealthy foreigners are abusing the popular excursion route as a race track in borrowed sports cars. But the speeding problem in the middle of the spectacular mountain landscape of the Hohe Tauern National Park has been known for years.