99% of drivers lose their fines

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At the beginning of the year, there were 1,615 road safety places along the country's roads, increasing by 250 per year until 2020. The Swedish Transport Authority and the Police consider that it is a good way to reduce the roads. However, many drivers are fined.

Radars are equipped with a radar that captures traffic information even when cameras are not activated. Every year, 1.4 billion vehicles are registered, and two to three percent of them drive too fast. It means 28-42 million speeds.

Missing resources

But the police only have resources to manage 290,000 cases in 2018 and about 35% of these cases will be prosecuted. Of all the violations found, it is well below one percent of drivers of a camera that is being fined.

– If we take all the violations, it would be too much, we do not have the resources to do it "Marie Svonni, Acting Section Chief of the Automated Traffic Safety Control Unit ( ATK).

Lis-Marie Svonni believes that it is important to verify the effect of cameras

– Operations reduce fatalities and seriously injured in traffic. successful tool. At the same time, it should be seen as a complement to other police activities in the field of road safety. "19659006] Saves lives

The responsibility for road safety cameras lies in the cooperation between the police and the Swedish Transport Administration, the aim of which is to bring users of the road to keep the right speed and since 2006, we see a positive change.

– Many drive very fast on the roads, considering that the total road network is 45% .In the measuring stations, the speed limit is 95% owned by the Swedish Transport Authority, explains Eva Lundberg, ATK operations manager.

TT: Are road users accustomed to the risks and take risks? effect for each year.