Austrian police pull drunken horse-drawn coachman off highway

The man was driving his historic carriage on a motorway in the Austrian capital. He had 1.7 per mille in his blood. Later he made another mistake.

A horse-drawn carriage appeared this morning in Austria on the A22 motorway. The man driving the car was drunk.

On Thursday morning, a coachman was on his way to Vienna on the wrong way. The Fiaker hit the A22, the Danube bank highway. He was "mistaken" according to his own statements. However, with a reason for his loss of orientation, the alcohol level could also have been ... Usually, Fiaker teams are seen in Vienna's city centre when they are doing their rounds in the course of sightseeing tours. Also on the way to and from the horse stables, the carr…

A Fiaker driver "were lost on the Donauufer-Autobahn (A22) in Vienna. Only hours later he was caught again - and had even more "fuelled".

With 1.7 promilles on the A22: A fiaker erred on Thursday, April 3, along with a carriage on the Danube bank highway. A fiaker off the authorised routes on Thursday on the Danube bank highway (A22) provided for an unusual deployment of the Vienna Regional Transport Department. The officials were able to guide the coachman, who according to his own information had lost his way, back from the highway at the junction Kaisermühlen. After the stop, t…

Unusual deployment for the Vienna state transport department of the police this morning on the Danube bank motorway (A22): The officials had to fetch a misguided coachman from the highway – the Alkotest showed 1.7 promille.