79 km/h too fast

Car of Italian speeding driver confiscated

During a speed check on the Arlberg expressway (S16), a speeding driver from Italy was caught by officers from the Vorarlberg traffic department. The man had sped his VW Tiguan up to 159 km/h - the speed limit was only 80 km/h.

On Saturday afternoon, the regional traffic department carried out radar measurements on the S16 near Innerbraz in the direction of Germany. At exactly 2.33 p.m., an Italian citizen was flashed in his VW SUV at a speed of 159 km/h through an 80 km/h zone. Even after deducting the tolerance, that was 74 km/h more than would have been permitted. The "Enzo Ferrari" was eventually pulled over by the Bludenz highway police at the Nüziders freeway service area.

The Italian then immediately became acquainted with the new road traffic regulations that came into force a few months ago, which, as is well known, provide for much harsher penalties for speeders: Not only was his driver's license taken from him on the spot, but his vehicle was also confiscated, at least temporarily.