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Even if the number of accidents has decreased due to Corona and closures, there are still many safety problems on Austria’s roads. The Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit (KFV) wants to work hard to find a solution.
Since Daniele walk | 13.05, 09. March 2021
338 people are noisy Home Office in the previous year he had a fatal accident on the roads of Austria. That was the lowest number of road deaths since records began in 1950 recorded what crown measures and lockouts have contributed to his own. But every accident death is, of course, too much, and the causes of accidents such as excessive speed and poor concentration behind the wheel have not changed, only the volume of traffic, especially in the first half of 2020.
The objective value of the Austrian road safety program Since 2011, according to which the number of victims should be reduced by 50 percent to 311 victims by 2020, it has still not been reached with 338 deaths on the road. “The 338 deaths on the road are a reminder to take greater road safety measures,” said the spokesman for Austria Transport Club Christian Gratzer firmly. And he compared Austria to Switzerland, which had about 80 percent fewer road deaths than Austria the previous year: “Switzerland starts primarily with speed,” Gratzer said.
KFV has been working as a non-profit organization for over 60 years. Prevention institution continuously working on ways to reduce accidents and the consequences of accidents. The members are the ÖAMTC, of the ARBÖ, the AUVA And several Insurance company.
Where Austria should start, that was the key now Road Safety Board (KFV). And he proposed six points that, according to KFV, need to be addressed urgently.
1. Absolute prohibition of hard drugs behind the wheel
For more than 15 years, Austria has been testing drug pretest devices without using them systematically and widely. A zero tolerance approach to hard drugs and a shift in focus on disability are important steps towards greater road traffic safety.
2. Reduced safety risks for children
According to the KFV, for almost ten years no concrete measures have been prescribed to protect children in road traffic in Austria. Speed reductions in accident risk zones, infrastructure measures to mitigate hazards, and strict punishment for behaviors in road traffic that endanger child safety would be important here.
3. Increased penalties for speeding drivers
The KFV requires higher penalties, noticeably longer driver’s license withdrawals and, in particularly severe cases, the ability to impound the vehicle against speeding offenders who lack this information and are traveling at drastically excessive speeds in traffic. vial.
4. Harmonization of sanctions catalogs
Different regulations currently apply in all federal states. For example, anyone who commits a traffic offense in Vienna must expect a different level of punishment than in Lower Austria, for example.
5. Risk reduction for two-wheelers
Here, the KFV cites as an example the introduction of a moped practical test and the legal anchoring of markings on the ground that reduce accidents on typical motorcycle routes.
6. Use of technical assistance systems
According to current regulations, it will be more than ten years before most heavy trucks and medium cars are also on the road in real traffic with mandatory safety technology. A team with emergency braking systems and a blind spot assistant would be necessary.
“Many road safety concepts, which can also save human lives, have been waiting for years to be implemented and must finally be implemented,” he emphasizes. Othmar Thann, Director of the KFV. Even before Corona, essential traffic safety problems in Austria remained unsolved.
