Unlicensed 79-year-old tried to fool police with wig

A 79-year-old woman without a valid driving licence tried to mislead police with a wig during a traffic operation in Burgenland, ORF reported. Officers checked around 1,100 drivers across the state, and 20 people temporarily lost their licences.

Police stopped the woman again in Stoob-Süd, in the district of Oberpullendorf. She told officers she had no licence because she had cut it up and thrown it down the toilet. The Burgenland State Police Directorate said her licence had already been formally withdrawn by the district administrative authority some time earlier.

The operation ran from 4 p.m. on Saturday until 2 a.m. on Sunday. The highest recorded alcohol level was 1.76 per mille, measured in a 56-year-old driver in the district of Oberpullendorf. Police carried out 989 breathalyser tests and preliminary alcohol tests. Sixteen people tested positive for alcohol, 14 men and two women; eight people were impaired by drugs, six men and two women.

Police temporarily took licences from 20 people because of alcohol or drug impairment or speeding. They also issued 163 on-the-spot penalty notices, filed 71 reports for speeding detected by radar and submitted 302 other reports to the relevant district administrative authorities.