Within two hours

Eleven charges and two driving licenses confiscated

Speed measurements by the police in Premstätten on Tuesday resulted in speeding tickets and reports - two driving licenses were also confiscated.

A police traffic patrol carried out laser measurements on Dobler Straße in Premstätten for two hours on Tuesday: The results are impressive. A total of 22 tickets and eleven reports were issued for serious speeding offenses. The "highlights" were two driving license withdrawals.

Wanted to test a car ...
On one occasion, a 61-year-old motorcyclist was caught driving through the town at 94 km/h (the speed limit is 50). Around 20 minutes later, a car driver (37) sped past at 108 km/h at the same spot. Both men were at least reasonable. The biker from Eastern Styria stated that he had simply overlooked the speed. The driver from the Deutschlandsberg district simply wanted to test the acceleration of the e-car he was testing.

Rise in the number of road deaths in Styria
Overall, the number of road fatalities in Styria has risen this year - 13 people have already lost their lives on Styrian roads, an increase of more than 18 percent. The number of accidents involving drunk drivers has also risen. In the first quarter of 2023, there were 77 alcohol-related accidents with 99 injuries; this year, there were 127 injuries in 88 accidents in the same period.