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The car can then also be auctioned. If there is already a relevant criminal record, for example due to participation in illegal car races, seizure and final acceptance is possible if the speed exceeds 60 km/h in built-up areas and above 70 km/h outside built-up areas.
“There is a speed at which the car becomes a weapon. “We are putting an end to this now and ensuring that their murder weapon can be immediately and definitively removed from the hands of the perpetrators in the future,” said Austrian Transport Minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens). With this measure, Austria follows countries such as Italy and Switzerland. Already in 2021, the Alpine Republic had drastically increased fines and the duration of driver’s license suspensions in its first anti-speed package.
Just last week, police in the Austrian state of Tyrol arrested two speeders. On the Brenner motorway (A13), a civilian patrol caught an 18-year-old German driving 164 km/h in a 60 km/h zone. In Kössen (Kitzbühel district) a 27-year-old Dutchman drove 105 km/h instead of the permitted speed of 50 km/h.
However, the traffic club ÖAMTC doubts the effectiveness of the measure and has legal concerns: “On the one hand, there are no studies that say that heavier penalties have a greater deterrent effect than lower ones. “Moreover, such drastic interventions in property should be decided by criminal courts and not by administrative authorities,” explains ÖAMTC lawyer Matthias Wolf. Lawyers see serious shortcomings. “It would be a shame for road safety if the law were to be overturned in the first relevant application case by appeal to the highest courts or the European Court of Human Rights,” the ÖAMTC expert said.
The ministry pointed out that the measures had been constitutionally examined. However, a ministry Q&A catalog states: “Certain loopholes can never be completely eliminated, but that is the nature of a new legal instrument and we should not shy away from them as we make improvements for the future want to create. “
(SDA)
Source: Blick
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