A 24-hour speed enforcement marathon will be organised across all police departments on Wednesday, 3 April from 00:00 to 24:00.
Automatic speed enforcement equipment will be used in addition to police patrols to enforce speed limits. All the around 130 cameras of fixed surveillance points as well as surveillance vehicles will be in use during this time period.
Speed enforcement will target especially densely populated areas with locations and road sections where traffic accidents have occurred and speeding has been observed.
“Our goal is to prevent road accidents with speed enforcement campaigns and by informing the public about them in advance. It is hoped that drivers would consider their driving behaviour and the importance of observing the speed limits both from their own perspective and that of the other road users”, says Chief Superintendent Kari Onninen of the National Police Board.
In a corresponding enforcement campaign last year, 5,159 drivers were caught speeding; of that number, 1,309 drivers were stopped by police patrols and 3,850 cases were detected by automatic traffic surveillance.
At that time, speed enforcement was carried out 2,104 times by fixed automatic traffic surveillance points with surveillance vehicles, in turn, detecting 1,746 offences.
Over 20 European countries will participate in the enforcement marathon, which will be coordinated by the European Traffic Police Network (TISPOL).
According to the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), inappropriate speed is the single biggest factor in fatal road accidents across the European road network. According to the EU Commission, speed is a contributing factor in about 30% of fatal road accidents.
