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Austria is a paradise for traffic offenders
A study compares fines for various road traffic offenses across Europe. The result reveals extreme differences of 19 euros to 24,414 euros. Overall, Austria is very tolerant and lenient when it comes to punishments!
Austria is a paradise for traffic offenders
A current study shows that speeders in Austria and - despite the new catalog of fines - also in Germany still get off relatively cheaply. In contrast to Norway, where driving too fast can cost up to around 1,000 euros! The cheapest way for speeders to get away with a fine is just 19 euros in the Czech Republic.
This is the result of one Verizon Connect study, an expert in fleet management. He examined which European countries face the highest fines for exceeding the speed limit. The study examined how high the fines would be according to the catalog of fines if a driver was checked at 21 km/h over the permitted speed. For this purpose, the catalogs of fines from 23 EU countries as well as Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom were used.
With exactly 944 euros in urban areas, Norwegians have the highest fines in Europe. In the Czech Republic, the same offense only costs 38 euros in urban areas. On the country road in our northern neighboring country it is only 19 euros that you have to pay for the above offense, in Norway it is still an incredible 711 euros. In this ranking, Austria is one of the cheapest countries in Europe, with a fine of 50 euros for speeding 21 km/h in urban areas, on country roads and on motorways.
"At Verizon Connect, we know how different Europe's roads and traffic rules can be. We want to make drivers aware of the need to be extra careful when driving abroad," said Kirsten Welther, Marketing Manager at Verizon Connect. However, cheap fines for traffic violations should under no circumstances be viewed as an invitation to traffic violations.
Austria in second place
In addition, the fines for the following traffic violations were also researched: “Not wearing a seat belt,” “Parking violation,” “Mobile phone while driving,” “Disregarding a stop sign,” “Disregarding a red light.” If you add up the fines for each of these violations per country, you get the following order when it comes to the cheapest countries for traffic violations: Latvia ahead of Austria, ahead of Austria, Poland and Germany. Overall, Austria also ranks second in the analysis.
The biggest differences exist when it comes to drink driving. While a few European countries have even set a zero tolerance limit, Austria is among the average at 0.5 per mille, but also has the second highest per mille limit. Only the United Kingdom, with a per mille limit of 0.8, is higher. But the British will have to pay a lot of money if they are caught driving with a blood alcohol content of more than 0.8 per mille. Up to 6,440 euros may be due here.
The Scandinavian countries Denmark, Finland and Sweden charge even more - up to 24,414 euros (this is due in Denmark if you are caught with more than 0.5 per mille). The fine of 100 euros that drunk drivers face in the Czech Republic seems like a bargain. Overall, Norway and Denmark are the strictest when it comes to traffic fines (see graphic).