The monitoring of the road traffic regulations, the driving law and the driving license law as well as the downstream provisions (“Street police “) are essential for an orderly functioning of road traffic. With their police officers, the federal police support the state governments responsible for the execution of the street police in order to create traffic safety in Germany every day.
Interior Minister Gerhard Karner: “The mandate and the goal for the police officers are clear: those who adhere to the rules, shooters and rapids, jams, alcohol and drug drivers. The necessary measures will be implemented consistently this year.”
Speed crossing
In 2024, the federal police punished a total of 6,145,227 speeding, either as an administrative display or as an organ penalty. Around 5.3 million of these violations were measured by radar devices, another 600,000 of laser measuring devices, about 250,000 of civil strips, found by section control systems or other monitoring types. This means a minor decline of 0.2 percent compared to the previous year (2023: 6.160.271).
The federal police have 396 inpatient and mobile radar devices available. A large part of the stationary radar systems is equipped with handlebar photo units, especially on transit routes. In the meantime, devices with laser technology are mainly used by the federal police in stationary systems, whereby functional radar -based old devices remain in operation.
Ten inpatient section control systems are currently in operation, and mobile systems in construction site areas are temporarily used on motorways and expressways. All systems have a steering documentation.
Preliminary confiscation of vehicles
Since March 1, 2024, the approximately 80 traffic authorities in Austria have had legal authority to confiscate a motor vehicle at high speed overruns. The law also grants the organs of the federal police, which intervene for these traffic authorities, also the possibility of a preliminary confiscation on site if such a violation is immediately determined.
As a result, the criminal authorities mentioned decide on their own responsibility to the progress of a preliminary confiscation and – positively – if necessary – about the possible recycling of vehicles.
From March 1 to December 31, 2024, the organs of the federal police were temporarily confiscated by 171 vehicles when they are on the spot.
Alcohol and drugs at the wheel
In 2024, a total of 1,876,191 alcohol controls (alkomatt tests, alcovo tests and medical examinations) were carried out by the federal police, a decrease of 1.0 percent compared to 2023 (1,895,748). The number of alcohol at the wheel dropped from 30,683 in 2023 by 5.9 percent to 28,867 in 2024.
Furthermore, 8,227 vehicle drivers were reported in the past year due to driving under the influence of drugs by the organs of the federal police, a decline of 5.2 percent (2023: 8,676). The still high number is also due to the continuing training initiatives of executive employees to recognize potential drug drivers and the operational use of official doctors in the event of focus on road traffic.
Controls of the safety distance and calls at the wheel
In 130,077 cases, the executive stated that the prescribed safety distance was too low when driving a row. There was an increase of 17.1 percent for the previous year’s result of 111,087. This surveillance area is important because Drängler pose a significant risk to traffic safety.
115,172 handlebars were displayed due to telephone calls without a hands -free device or punished on the spot by means of an organ penalty order, which also means a decline compared to 2023 by 11.3 percent.
Seat belt and child locking
In 2024, 97,881 violations against beliefs were found across Austria, a slight decline in the previous year (-3.2 percent). The number of complaints due to a lack of child locking is almost constant: 7,911 ads in 2024 compared to 7,979 in the previous year. This crime also results in a reservation in the pre -notification system. It can be seen in these areas, despite the high level of control, a corresponding awareness of consciousness is also necessary for the drivers.
Heavy traffic and Dangerous goods controls
In 2024, a total of 224,464 advertisements and organ penalty orders were reimbursed in the heavy traffic area for trucks and buses (2023: 224.230). The main part affected transitions with regard to technical defects in body, brakes and tires (88,577), followed by the non-compliance with the statutory steering and rest periods in commercial goods and passenger transport (61,805), overcharge (32.073) and lack of load securing (5.420).
The control organs prohibited 26,842 trucks and buses the onward journey due to serious violations or deficiencies or due to danger in the dispute (2023: 28.198), a decrease of 4.8 percent.
In the dangerous goods sector, 7,341 dangerous goods transport (transport units) were subjected to intensive control in 2024 (2023: 7.507). Here the organs of the Federal Police 456 transport units had to prohibit the onward journey due to danger in the past (2023: 517).
Important legal background
Executive employees of the Federal Police enter into the transport service for the respective state governments, which are responsible for the implementation of the entire street police by the constitutional law.
The traffic service of the Interior Ministry publishes the statistically quality -approved traffic surveillance balance, which reflects the activities of the federal police as part of the indirect execution of the street police. Since the Ministry of the Interior is therefore not a traffic authority, the traffic authorities mentioned above are not subject to the BMI, which is why data such as “actual” official confiscation of motor vehicle or traffic offenses, which are not shown by the organs of the federal police to the authorities, are not included in this traffic surveillance balance.