Almost two per mille

Drunk driver (48) had to be picked up by daughter

A 48-year-old man from Wels (Upper Austria) had plenty of gas on Sunday. When he was stopped by a plainclothes patrol near the train station, he accelerated and wanted to flee. However, he was then stopped. The alcohol test showed 1.9 per mille. His daughter then had to take the man home.

In the area of Wels main station, the civilian police patrol wanted to carry out a driver and vehicle check. However, the 48-year-old driver did not drive his car into the free parking lot, but tried to evade the stop on Bahnhofstraße and then on Schubertstraße.

Heavily intoxicated
He was pursued by the police and they finally managed to get the driver to stop in the area of Laahener Straße. Due to the clear signs of alcoholization, a breathalyzer test was carried out and the reading was 1.9 per mille. Driving was prohibited, the driver's license was temporarily confiscated and the vehicle keys were handed over to the driver's daughter.

Driving without a license
A 33-year-old Syrian had "only" 0.5 per mille. However, when he was stopped in his small truck in the Wels city area, the officers noticed very clear signs of drug impairment. They must have been right, because the man refused to take a drug test.

His driver's license could not be taken from him because it had already been revoked. The car keys were handed over to a work colleague.