Yahoo Autos Austria Will Seize Your Car if You Break the Speed Limit by 37 MPH or More
Police in Austria will now take away the cars of drivers caught speeding by excessive amounts. The new measure is a followup to previous legislation that Austria enacted in 2021, which was meant to discourage drivers from driving too fast by suspending licenses for extended periods of time based on the speeding offense, as Reuters reports.
Apparently, taking away drivers licenses wasn’t strict enough for Austrian legislators, who’ve decided to increase the severity of the punishment. The coalition of parties, made up by Austrian conservatives and Greens, passed the law to deter so-called “boy racers” by taking away their vehicular pride if they’re caught flouting the country’s speed laws. After all, if you don’t have a car to drive, you also don’t have a car to race or speed in, as the country’s Transport Minister Leonore Gewessler says:
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He who has no car anymore cannot speed anymore. That is precisely why this measure is so successful in other countries - because it hits where it hurts and protects the general population.
