One of the recurring themes in the news this summer were traffic reports, especially on the weekends. I had a field day reporting to my on-line group about them. A section of highway closed because there were deer on it who were possibly trying to hitch a ride to Italy due to inclement weather; three escaped cheetahs from the Salzburg zoo some kids had broken out and were too dumb to get very far, just sat sitting in a sunny clearing nearby enjoying their 'freedom'; a brooding duck on a ferry on Wörthersee in Carynthia which was not to be disturbed as the excursion boat went round and round; a wild razor-back boar in a sauna in Upper Austria which scared people, and bears on the road in Tirol.... it just never seemed to end, and got loads of sarcastic comments on the radio.
On the serious side, there were a large number of severe storms and mudslides that came barreling down, and buried people in their cars in two instances....
Seemingly, driving in Austria is more hazardous than one might think.
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