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In Austria, the police not only punish you if you commit a violation, but also if you call them out for no reason.
If you make the wrong decision, i.e. you call the police in a situation where it would not have been necessary to distract you from your other duties, then You will be fined 36 euros at our western neighbor. The colloquial language simply calls the fine a blue light tax, which is always imposed on the person who called the police, writes Infostart.
Trying to reduce the number of unnecessary calls using this method is not at all new: the fine was introduced even when it had to be paid in schillings, not euros.
The blue light tax has existed since 1986, its starting amount was 500 schillings, and over time it reached its current value, which is more than 14 thousand at the current exchange rate.
The fee, officially known as the Unfallmeldegebühr, goes to the state coffers. If you don’t call the police on your own account, but the accident other participant also agrees with the decision, then the amount is not halved, but the other person involved must also pay it.
The penalty is 36 euros if you call the police without reasonc) HADI ZAHER / Getty Images Hungary
An unjustified case is, for example, if you just clickon the other hand, there is no damage, the responsibility is clear, and the case can be settled by mutual exchange of data.
No punishment will come from the police
No one will be blamed if you justifiably notify the police about an accident. For example, the following situations are considered as such:
- as a witness you call the police when you see an accident,
- for traffic reasons provide the venue,
- the parties cannot exchange data,
- the accident one of its participants has left from the location
- personal injury happened,
- it may arise that he drove drunk one of the participants in the accident,
- he hit a wild animal someone.
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2024-06-10 07:21:00