Small trucks targeted

More than 100 reports during checks on the highway

The priority check took place near Imst (symbolic image).(Bild: Christof Birbaumer)

"Action sharp" on the Inntal freeway in the Tyrolean Oberland: mainly vans, but also other vehicles were scrutinized by the police on the A12 near Imst. The results are sobering: among other things, two drug drivers were caught.

Officers from the Imst highway police carried out priority checks on the A12 between 7 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Monday together with the district administration. The main focus of the law enforcement officers was on load securing, overloading and drugs.

Well over 100 vehicles checked
The officers particularly focused on vans. Well over a hundred vehicles were checked and 123 alcohol tests were carried out.

The results of the checks carried out at the Imst-Nord parking lot are sobering. There were no fewer than 113 charges!

The violations in detail

• 5 charges for inadequate load securing (concerns heavy goods vehicles).
• 12 charges for overloading (heavy goods traffic).
• 6 charges for technical defects (SV).
• 45 other charges in the transport sector (e.g. Freight Transport Act, licenses, rental contracts).
• 45 other charges in heavy goods traffic (e.g. expired inspection sticker, etc.).

Twelve drivers were banned from driving at all. "Four people were suspected of being under the influence of drugs, and this was confirmed in two cases. Their driving licenses were provisionally confiscated," it says.

Security deposit, organ mandates
A security deposit in the amount of a four-digit euro sum was collected from a foreign driver (missing EU license). In addition, five administrative fines were levied, for example for failure to wear a seatbelt.