Austrian Finance Minister Magnus Brunner has been disqualified from driving for 30 days after driving his official car well above the speed limit, the finance ministry in Vienna said on Tuesday.

Brunner, 51, was driving his BMW company car at more than 50 km/h over the 80 km/h limit near Dornbirn, in his home province of Vorarlberg, on Saturday morning when police stopped him, Austria’s finance ministry said. , thus confirming the account with local daily Vorarlberger Nachrichten, Reuters and Agerpres reported.

On his way to a private meeting, Finance Minister Magnus Brunner failed to notice the speed limit sign. The Minister of Finance regrets this incident and apologizes,” the ministry added.

In Austria, a 30-day disqualification is the penalty for exceeding the speed limit by at least 50 km/h, except in urban centers where the penalty applies for exceeding the speed limit by at least 40 km/h. .

This was not the first car accident involving Brunner. A year ago, he was hospitalized with a head injury after an electric scooter accident in Vienna, in which he was accused of not paying attention while turning.