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 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...

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...

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 ...

Calculator of fines Using the calculator, you can calculate the sum of the fine in euro. Net income in euro / month Number of family members maintained (spouse and children) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ”Day-fine” (fine assessed based on daily income) Tota...

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 ...

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.

25.4.2024 | In the special exhibition “Marias and Mörkös”, vehicles on display include the world’s fastest police motorcycle and police cars from various decades.

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.

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

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.

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.

15.2.2024 | Friday 16 February kicks off the 2024 ski holiday season, with Finns in the southern part of the country beginning their holidays. This means that the roads will be busier than usual over the following weekends. The police call on drivers to adjust driving speeds to the prevailing weather conditions.

11.5.2022 | In the coming weekend from 13 to 15 May 2022, the Police will have nationwide controls of mopeds and other light two or four-wheeled vehicles and their drivers. The controls will focus not only on the condition of the drivers and adequacy of their licences, but also on the state of their vehicles and on the way the traffic code is respected.

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