The monitoring of morning commuting traffic again proved necessary. During the monitoring operation, which continued from Monday to Friday, the police caught nine people causing a serious traffic hazard and wrote around 600 fines.
Last week, 31 September – 4 October 2024, the police monitored morning commuter traffic nationwide both traditionally and by using automatic traffic surveillance.
The police spent a total of 1,700 working hours on traditional monitoring. The police detected nine incidents of causing a serious traffic hazard for which police reports were filed. In addition, the police wrote around 600 fines, 55 of which were for offences demonstrating serious disregard. Causing a serious traffic hazard and serious disregard are offences resulting in a driving ban. The police also imposed 400 traffic penalty fees for speeding.
The police monitored for a total of 180 hours with automatic surveillance cars and detected a total of 727 incidents of speeding. As a rule, the police send sanctions for these by mail.
The carried out intensified monitoring of commuter traffic since it was clear that, especially in the mornings, certain drivers are driving at high speeds, driving with disregard for other traffic, and the risk of serious accidents is increasing. Morning commuting traffic was extensively monitored in January and the results were similar. Morning commuting traffic will continue to be monitored, as there is a clear need for it.
