https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The technical inspection of vehicles - France's equivalent of an MOT - must be done every two years, but prices vary widely from place to place. https://www.thelocal.at/20201008/contrle-technique-how-to-save-money-on-your-compulsory-french-car-inspection Thu, 08 Oct 2020 13:35:42 +0200 contrle-technique-how-to-save-money-on-your-compulsory-french-car-inspection A drunk driver managed to damage ten cars and injure a bystander in just a 400 metre stretch of road in Vienna while struggling to get from one end to the other. https://www.thelocal.at/20160823/drunk-driver-damages-ten-cars-in-400-metres-vienna-austria Tue, 23 Aug 2016 11:55:44 +0200 drunk-driver-damages-ten-cars-in-400-metres-vienna-austria Tragedy was narrowly averted on Thursday when rescue services were called out to two cases of infants trapped in overheating cars. Meanwhile, temperatures soared over much of the country. https://www.thelocal.at/20160623/two-cases-of-babies-trapped-in-hot-cars Thu, 23 Jun 2016 23:43:53 +0200 two-cases-of-babies-trapped-in-hot-cars A woman in Lower Austria was so incensed when she caught her boyfriend cheating that she arranged for his BMW to be destroyed -- on camera. https://www.thelocal.at/20150217/bmw-wrecked-in-jilted-lovers-revenge Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:57:00 +0100 bmw-wrecked-in-jilted-lovers-revenge A 35-year-old man took a car for a test drive in Lower Austria on Sunday, and was stopped by police for exceeding 230 km/h on the Southern Motorway (A2). https://www.thelocal.at/20140813/test-drive-buyer-nabbed-by-cops-at-230-kmh Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:34:46 +0200 test-drive-buyer-nabbed-by-cops-at-230-kmh A BMW plummeted three metres onto a terrace in Vienna's exclusive and hilly district of Döbling on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20140528/car-crashes-onto-balcony Wed, 28 May 2014 13:04:00 +0200 car-crashes-onto-balcony