Dietmannsried (dpa / lby) - After they ran out of fuel on Autobahn 7, a man and a woman turned their vehicle and pushed it on the hard shoulder towards the next exit. As the police announced on Thursday, the two stopped early Tuesday morning in Swabia near Dietmannsried (Oberallgäu district) for lack of petrol on the hard shoulder and tried to find a canister. Because the light on the car was on in the meantime, the car's battery was finally empty.

The 27-year-old driver and his 33-year-old passenger then decided to push the car downhill in the opposite direction of travel to the exit. When the two were checked by the police, the officers found that the driver did not have a driver's license. He now has to answer for driving without a license.