Ruling on "after-drinks"

New verdict: the “Schmäh vom Glasl” afterward works

Drunk drivers are regularly caught in planned grid squares.(Bild: Christian Schulter)

Traffic police officers in the state are not happy with this new ruling by the Administrative Court: a suspected drunk driver managed to talk his way out of it by claiming he had consumed alcohol after the accident. 

Authorities are reluctant to fall for the so-called "after-drink" argument – but that could change after this new ruling: a Carinthian man convinced the court that he had only been drinking after the accident!