alcohol

Drunk high speed train driver heavily over the limit misses stop at Wittenberg

A drunk ICE driver who was found to have a staggering alcohol level of just under 0.25% (2.5 per mille) missed a scheduled stop, and was later escorted off the train by police.

crash

Truck driver seriously injured trying to stop car misusing Autobahn rescue lane

A truck driver had to be taken to a Munich hospital on Thursday, after another driver crashed into him while illegally using a rescue lane that had been formed after a crash.

Crime

Munich taxi driver jailed for driving over pedestrian - twice

A taxi driver in the Bavarian capital was sentenced to five years in jail on Wednesday for attempted manslaughter, after he "used his vehicle as a weapon" against a pedestrian.

traffic

Cops stop licence-less driver after 46 years

It took almost half a century, but police in Lower Saxony finally asked for a 77-year-old driver's papers this week - only to be duped one last time before he takes the rap.