Sound and fury : the Minister of transport calling for tougher penalties against car Poser

the transport Ministers of The countries have opted for a tougher stance against the so-called car-Poser. Unanimously you voted exceeded for a significant increase in the levels of Sanctions for excessive speed, as well as a lowering of the threshold for driving bans and licence withdrawal in a considerable Pace, said Baden-württemberg's transport Minister Winfried Hermann (Green party) on Thursday at the spring conference in Saarbrücken. Was based on the grounds of this decision, according to Hermann, there is a need Posing a need for urgent action. Hermann said: "We expect from the Federal government that he is now active, and for tougher sanctions."

Baden-Württemberg had called for, according to a media report in the run-up to show car posing in the future with a fine of a minimum of 100 Euro. So far, ten euros are due to noise pollution due.

"The sanction potential and the identification of pressure must be corrected upwards," said the Saarland Department head Anke Rehlinger (SPD) on Friday at the conclusion of the spring conference of transport Ministers from Federal and state governments in Saarbrücken. It would now need to be prepared suggestions on how to the catalogue of fines "sharper" could be.

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the car posing mainly an urban phenomenon, said Rehlinger. It does not go "to the mere to and Fro," but also to "extreme noise and extreme speeding". (dpa, AFP)

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