Romanian police. In the report that you can see below, the agents of the Bucharest Road Brigade complain about the fact that Waze, and other similar applications, prevent them from issuing fines as they are used to normally. The "problem", from the point of view of the Romanian Police, lies in the fact that Waze-type applications inform drivers where a crew is, and they can no longer impose fines for those who drive over the legal speed.
Romanian police. According to the police, their locations are announced in Waze, or other similar applications, in just a few seconds after they are positioned to use the radars, which makes their work somewhat useless, they say. One of the drivers who talked to the journalists says that he would have reduced by 80% the number of fines he received from the Romanian Police for exceeding the legal speed on public roads, and this is an impressive achievement, from many points of view.
The Romanian Police COMPLAINS that Waze "steals" their fines
Romanian police. The "problem" with disclosing the locations of police radars is not limited only to applications like Waze, but also to the broadcast-reception stations, which many people use. In the south of the country, Waze has many reports recorded daily, and not only for the radars placed by the Romanian Police, but for a multitude of events, but in the rest of the areas things are not the same, and the reports are completely missing, and not only for radars .
Romanian police. Although the agents complain that Waze prevents them from issuing fines, they forget to mention the habits of hiding in unregistered cars, or with radar guns behind trees, as you have probably seen around Bucharest. To make the problem even bigger, Google Maps also displays the Romanian Police units that have radar placed on public roads, and then a lot of people will know why they have to be careful in traffic.
Romanian police. Although the police complain, it should be mentioned that Waze does not always save you from fines, and even if you do not see a police car in a marked area, this does not mean that there is no radar there, but only that it is not necessarily marked.
