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With 187 km/h on the A22: Speeding Car Confiscated

A 22-year-old driver was traveling at massively excessive speed on the Vienna A22 on Monday evening. The police confiscated the vehicle after several serious traffic violations were detected.

At 9:22 PM, a civilian patrol of the state traffic department noticed a car approaching the patrol car at high speed in the area of the Danube bank highway heading out of the city and overtaking it. During the subsequent pursuit, a speed of 187 km/h was measured – the limit was 100 km/h.

Car confiscated by Vienna police

According to the police report, the driver overtook several vehicles on the right and changed from the first directly to the fourth lane without signaling. The journey ended in the 22nd district, where the authorities stopped the man.

The 22-year-old driver, a Turkish national, had to surrender his driver's license on the spot. Due to the speed exceeding more than 88 km/h after deducting the measurement tolerance, the vehicle was confiscated. Additionally, according to the police, unauthorized technical modifications were found, which will be reported separately.

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