Today, the Romanian Police has a warning for all drivers in the country, and this is because we are talking about a new action carried out by the authorities, which focuses on checking compliance with road traffic conditions on the roads of the whole country.
The Romanian Police practically placed a varied range of speed cameras in various areas of the country, and applied over 20.000 fines, withholding 2300 driving licenses, all to try to reduce the number of road accidents that occur in certain areas.
"Traffic police officers applied more than 20.000 penalties and withheld approximately 2.300 driving licenses to drivers who endangered traffic safety by not respecting the legal speed limits, during a week-long action according to the Activity Calendar of the European Traffic Police Network – ROADPOL.
Speed not adapted to road conditions and irregular speed are among the main causes of road accidents.
In the week of August 10 - 16, 2020, according to the Activity Calendar of the European Road Police Network - ROADPOL, the Road Directorate coordinated the Speed action, to prevent traffic accidents caused by non-compliance with the legal speed regime.
During the operation, the traffic police acted with the road traffic surveillance and speed measurement equipment of the Romanian Police.
37.226 vehicles were controlled and 20.960 contraventional sanctions were applied, for violating the legal speed regime, according to the provisions of Government Emergency Ordinance no. 195/2002 regarding traffic on public roads.
Also, 2.290 driving licenses were suspended for exceeding the legal maximum speed by more than 50 km/h.
In Romania, speed not adapted to road conditions and irregular speed are constantly among the top three causes of road accidents.
In the first 6 months of 2020, speed generated 19% of the serious road accidents recorded in our country, occupying the first place in the hierarchy.
Examples:
On August 10, 2020, a man drove a vehicle registered in Great Britain, in the municipality of Craiova, at a speed of 127 km/h. He was fined by the police with a fine of 1305 lei and his driver's license was withheld, in order to suspend the exercise of the right to drive for 90 days.
On August 14, 2020, a 56-year-old man drove a car, in the municipality of Brașov, at a speed of 109 km/h. Following the checks carried out by the police, it was found that he does not have a driver's license for any category of motor vehicle and is under the influence of alcoholic beverages, the alcoholscope test value being 0,30 mg/l of pure alcohol in the exhaled air. In the case, investigations are being carried out under the aspect of committing the crime of driving without a license."
ROADPOL-speed 🚔The action took place over 7 days, and the outcome sounds something like this: 👉 20.960 fines...
Published by Romanian police pe Tuesday, August 18, 2020
