Police en Newsroom Blog Driving while intoxicated - an old type of crime, new forms 21.4.2026 14.10 Blog Driving while intoxicated was criminalized in Finland 100 years ago, but the phenomenon has changed in a way that is rarely considered. It's n...

Traffic safety and surveillance The police pursue traffic safety cooperation with different authorities and organisations, not forgetting increasing international cooperation. Of all authorities monitoring traffic, the police undoubtedly play the ...

Traffic penalty fee For offences committed in road or waterway traffic you may be imposed a traffic penalty fee. The traffic penalty fee replaces the summary penal traffic fee used earlier. Typically, the police impose traffic penalty fees for min...

Monitoring the medical fitness to drive Monitoring the medical fitness to drive is an essential part of driving licence supervision performed by the police. Drivers with an insufficient state of health for driving constitute a great risk not only ...

Right to drive All operators of motor vehicles on public roads must be in possession of a valid driving licence as proof of their qualifications to operate the vehicle in question. In Finland, you must have your driving licence with you whenever y...

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24.9.2025 | The police have conducted spring and autumn surveys on driving while intoxicated since 1979. The 2025 survey and statistics show a slight increase in drink driving.

17.9.2025 | About one in seven, or 15 per cent, of electric scooter riders who are breathalysed on a weekend evening ride the scooter while so intoxicated that they get a traffic penalty fee of 200 euros.

28.5.2025 | The use of narcotics in traffic is strictly prohibited in Finland, and the legislation is based on zero tolerance for driving under the influence of narcotics. The police are increasing the number of narcotics tests performed in traffic. The condition of the drivers is verified by means of both surveillance campaigns and individual stops.

8.11.2024 | The enforcement operation on 11-15 November 2024 will focus on compliance with driving and rest periods, load securing, vehicle condition and overloading. The operation period is part of the network of European Traffic Police Forces’ (RoadPol) pan-European-enforcement theme. All police departments will take part in the nationwide intensive enforcement operation.

21.11.2024 | The police will be intensifying their surveillance of drunk driving during the Pre-Christmas party period for the next two weekends. Surveillance will be carried out through mass breathalyser tests and instant drug tests throughout the country.

22.5.2024 | Mopeds and electric personal transportation devices subject to spring check by the police and Traficom at the weekend

28.6.2024 | The police's nationwide enforcement theme on being in charge of a vehicle or watercraft while intoxicated, which will last almost the whole of July, will start on 1 July. In fatal motor vehicle accidents investigated by investigation teams in 2022, 42% of the drivers responsible were under the influence of intoxicants.

4.11.2021 | Motor-driven vehicles often stop and even park on pavements and cycleways, where they have no place to be. This might be for reasons of convenience, laziness, ignorance of the rules or insufficient stopping or parking places

7.3.2024 | The police will carry out intensive surveillance of the use of seatbelts and other safety devices, as well as mobile phones by drivers, across Finland from Monday to Friday 11–15 March 2024.

25.11.2021 | The Police caught 60 drunken drivers and 23 drivers under the influence of drugs during the intensified controls targeted at the Christmas Party weekend from 19 to 21 November.

30.11.2021 | The Police have caught a total of 135 drunken drivers and 42 under the influence of drugs on two weekends during intensified control targeted at drunken drivers in Christmas Party traffic.

23.11.2023 | The police will intensify their surveillance of drink driving from Friday 24 to 26 November 2023.

18.8.2023 | Police to control compliance with pedestrian crossing rules and the behaviour of cyclists and e-scooter users in traffic

9.9.2022 | On Wednesday 7 September, the Police organised intensive speed controls throughout Finland. The controls covered as much of the country as possible, using the Police’s automated and movable speed control equipment.