Schwetzingen (dpa / lsw) - With almost three per mille alcohol at the wheel, a man on the Autobahn 6 near Schwetzingen (Rhein-Neckar-Kreis) used an ascent as an exit. As far as the police were able to reconstruct the process, the 56-year-old must have turned 180 degrees on the driveway and then driven onto a main road in the opposite direction. A spokesman said on Wednesday. There the man turned around again. Because that seemed strange to another driver, he drove in front of the 56-year-old and slowed down to a standstill. So he prevented the man from continuing his journey.
Meanwhile, an eyewitness had alerted the police, who carried out an alcohol test after arriving on Tuesday evening. The officers also seized forged identity papers. According to a report, the police assume that the 56-year-old was driving without a valid driver's license. In Germany, he is no longer allowed to drive vehicles that require a driver's license until further notice.
There was no evidence from witnesses of a wrong-way driver on the A6, said the police spokesman. So the man shouldn't have been there upside down for too long. According to the information, other people were not endangered by the incident.
