Whether with mobile speed cameras, stationary speed traps or other controls: the police know how to catch traffic offenders who break the rules. Now there’s another method that drivers didn’t know about before.
When it comes to traffic offenses such as cell phone driving or speeding, the police know no fun. There has been a new speed camera rule for a few days . If you don’t comply, you face a hefty fine. And now the police have come up with something completely new. A kind of traffic control that has not existed before. And drivers , despite signs, fall into the trap in droves. You don’t even realize you got caught. Only when the post with the ticket flutters into the mailbox do many drivers look puzzled.
POLICE CRACK DOWN ON DRIVERS
A fine of up to 230 euros, two points in Flensburg and a one-month driving ban threatens anyone who uses their mobile phone while driving. This shows that the police are no fun when it comes to cell phones while driving. But drivers usually feel safe when they quickly write a WhatsApp message in the vehicle or have to look up something “important”. The police are now putting an end to that. In order to make road traffic on Germany’s autobahns safer, the authorities are now using a very special trick. And if you’re not careful and get caught, you could face a hefty fine.
In the Netherlands, the police have been evaluating traffic jams for a long time using so-called monocam software and imposing fines. Now this type of control is also coming to Germany. The police of Rhineland-Palatinate have entered into a cooperation with the Dutch police and are currently testing the Monocam system on roads in Rhineland-Palatinate. A camera that is set up on an underpass, for example, collects image material and the software recognizes whether the driver is using a cell phone. If so, the material is forwarded to the police.
THIS PENALTY IS IMMINENT
The police evaluate the photos and can impose a fine of up to 100 euros. A first test in heavy traffic on Autobahn 60 near Mainz resulted in around 20 violations per hour, reports Focus . And that despite the fact that a large sign with a pictogram of a camera and the inscription “Monitoring mobile phone ban” pointed to the control.
