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Driving with a wine bottle: Drunk driver flees from the police!
An alcoholic driver flees from the police in Landshut, causes dangerous incidents and is arrested.
Driving with a wine bottle: Drunk driver flees from the police!
An exciting and risky event took place in Landshut on Wednesday evening when a 45-year-old driver kept the traffic police in suspense. Loud Regio-Aktuell24 The man was heavily intoxicated when he tried to escape control. Armed with a large wine bottle, which he drank from while driving, the driver not only ignored red lights, but also drove through the new town at excessive speed.
The civilian officers had him in their sights and were appalled by his reckless behavior. His escape took him via Balsgäßchen and Alte Bergstrasse before he was finally stopped on Kalcherstrasse. He swayed heavily when he got out, suggesting that he was in a dilapidated state.
Drunk driving – not an isolated case
A breath alcohol test showed a frightening figure of over two per mille. As it turned out, the driver had already lost his license in 2020 after a previous drunk driving incident. After a blood sample was taken in the hospital, further travel was stopped. The Landshut police are now investigating drunk driving and driving without a license. Fortunately, despite the risky chase, there was no accident, whereas recently there has been an increasing number of drunk and drugged drivers in the city and Landshut district Plain text reported.
A look at the events of the last few weeks shows that it is a worrying trend. On Saturday, September 7, 2025, for example, several road users in Landshut who were under the influence of alcohol or drugs were checked. These include a 39-year-old Czech citizen who was picked up near Taufkirchen, and a 54-year-old Romanian cyclist who was also heavily intoxicated.
- Samstag, 07.09.2025 – Verkehrskontrollen:
- 09:30 Uhr: 39-jähriger Tscheche – Drogenschnelltest positiv, Blutentnahme.
- 14:15 Uhr: 38-jähriger Landshuter – unter Betäubungsmitteleinfluss, Blutentnahme.
- 20:30 Uhr: 54-jähriger Rumäne – alkoholisiert auf dem Fahrrad, Blutentnahme.
- Sonntag, 08.09.2025:
- 01:15 Uhr: 40-jähriger Motorradfahrer – Alkoholgeruch, Führerschein beschlagnahmt.
- 02:30 Uhr: 24-jähriger mit BMW – Alkoholtest über Grenzwert, Geldbuße und Punkte.
But it's not just the police who have their hands full, there is also a growing awareness of the problem among citizens. An increased call for vigilance, particularly on weekends, is urgently needed.
This shows that the roads in and around Landshut are becoming increasingly dangerous for drunk driving. It remains to be hoped that risky escapes like that of the 45-year-old man will be a thing of the past in the future.