Father in Upper Austria Lets Twelve-Year-Old Drive: Police Right Next to Them

Despite four uniformed police officers standing in close proximity, a father in the Linz-Land district handed over the steering wheel to his twelve-year-old daughter and allowed her to drive around in a public parking lot. The incident is just one of many that resulted in reports during a police focus inspection against the Upper Austrian tuning scene on Thursday.

Numerous Reports

A probationary license holder was caught driving at 136 km/h instead of the permitted 70 km/h. He had to surrender his driver's license. In total, around 130 reports and just as many on-the-spot fines were issued during the operation on Thursday and into the night on Friday. They covered a wide range of misconduct - from alcohol or drugs, using a phone while driving, noise, driving without a seatbelt, to speeding and various violations of traffic regulations.

Officers from the Linz city police command and two patrols specifically staked out the scene hotspots. This was due to an increase in complaints, as well as some very dangerous incidents and accidents in recent months.

(APA/Red)

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