Wiener Fiaker must blow into the tube.

One blow, please! In Vienna, a large-scale police action against drunken coachman performed. Occasion, several incidents involving drunk Fiaker that their horses are no longer had control.

 

Vienna - Kutschern Also, alcohol is not allowed on the reins - at least not more than motorists. After several incidents, the authorities now Vienna against alcoholic Fiaker before. Officials recently surprised some coachman with alcohol tests, as a spokeswoman for the Transportation Authority, Henriette Matze Berger, on Monday in Vienna said.

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Fiaker in Vienna: the fight against drunk reins

Last Thursday, had to multiple teams and traffic police officers ausgerückt. All tests were negative, said Matze Berger. That the tests before the eyes of the customers were made, found the Fiaker not funny: "The tourists must think we are all dangerous criminals," said Herbert Bachl Kutscher of the newspaper "Austria".

On New Year's Day were two horses without their coach and had launched Urlauberin and their two children on a wild ride through Vienna station. The Fiaker guests just had the door open for the coach to show them out.

As the horses lostrabten, the Fiaker pushed to the ground and had to helplessly watch the action. The tourists were unhurt. The coachman was an elevated alcohol level in blood. The coach broke up some time, and the horse ran alone - until they were finally captured.

The Fiaker among the biggest tourist attractions in Vienna. The term refers to both the coaches and their drivers. The horse-drawn carriage ride through the city center at numerous places over.