The GITD Centre for Automatic Supervision of Road Traffic plans to monitor 39 locations using average-speed cameras. The locations were selected based on a road traffic safety analysis prepared by the Motor Transport Institute. The devices used to measure vehicles’ average speed will conduct checks on all road categories, including selected sections of the A1, A2 and A4 motorways.
The primary list of selected locations includes 39 road sections in 13 provinces. The largest number of average-speed camera systems (opp)—5—will be installed in Łódź and Podkarpackie Voivodeships; 4 each in Lubusz, Masovian and Silesian Voivodeships; 3 each in Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Lower Silesian Voivodeships; 2 each in the Lublin region, Greater Poland, West Pomeranian Voivodeship and Pomeranian Voivodeship; and 1 opp in Opole Voivodeship.
Road Transport Inspection:
If it is not possible to install the devices at locations selected for monitoring as a priority, CANARD will use locations from the so-called reserve list. The final assessment of the possibility of installing the devices will be carried out after the contractor has been selected and has conducted renewed analyses taking all necessary technical conditions into account.
It adds:
After obtaining all permits and carrying out the necessary construction work, the contractor must deliver and install 39 opp systems adapted to the specific features of each road section. The devices must be capable, among other things, of registering violations on at least three traffic lanes, regardless of which lane the measured vehicle is travelling in. The systems must perform measurements continuously, including in difficult weather conditions; record vehicle speeds of at least 30 to 220 km/h; identify the type of vehicle; and take high-quality photographs regardless of the time of day. The contractor selected through the tender will have 70 weeks from the date of signing the contract to install the devices.
What is the purpose?
Officials: “The key advantage of average-speed cameras, due to the scope of their impact, is the possibility of influencing drivers’ behaviour and encouraging drivers to comply with the applicable speed limit along the entire length of the monitored section. The average speed of vehicles is calculated based on the travel time measured between the beginning and the end of the monitored route.”
CANARD currently has 30 average-speed camera systems. During the first 10 months of this year, they recorded nearly 600,000 cases of drivers exceeding the applicable speed limits.