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FPÖ Landbauer clearly against 100 km/h on highways

Provincial deputy leader Udo Landbauer does not want to slow down commuters. He brushes climate concerns off the table, which has already led to a dispute with the Greens.

"Please look at the current economic figures, but spare car drivers and hard-working commuters your backward-looking snail's pace fantasies," commented Provincial Vice-President Udo Landbauer (FPÖ) on the latest 100 km/h speed limit recommendation on freeways by Fiscal Council President Christoph Badelt.

No climate concerns
Landbauer does not accept any climate arguments: Austria's CO₂ emissions are vanishingly low in a global comparison anyway. "The savings potential bears no relation to the annoyance and slowing down of all hard-working commuters, conscientious families and busy entrepreneurs," says Landbauer.

"A speed limit of 100 km/h would be a step into the mobile Stone Age," explains Landbauer and tells Badelt: "Let's talk about a speed limit of 150 km/h on suitable stretches of highway." Speaking of 150 km/h: when Landbauer suggested this once before, it was met with fierce criticism from the Greens.