Lower Silesia: 2,453 of 3,330 drivers exceeded the speed limit

Another intensified, two-day preventive and enforcement operation, this time code-named “Speed”, has concluded. Across Lower Silesia, police officers checked, among other things, whether drivers obeyed speed limits and travelled in accordance with the applicable regulations. Everything was done out of concern for the safety of people travelling on the roads of our province and to reduce the number of dangerous situations in road traffic, which often contribute to serious accidents. Unfortunately, an analysis of the operation’s results once again leads to one important conclusion: drivers are still driving too fast. During the operation, 2,453 of the drivers of the 3,330 vehicles checked exceeded the permitted speed.

Last Friday and Saturday (7 and 8 October), traffic police officers across Lower Silesia carried out an intensified preventive and enforcement operation code-named “Speed”.

As always, during the operation Lower Silesian officers sought to prevent road accidents by enforcing compliance with speed limits and other road traffic regulations among drivers. Naturally, the officers also carefully checked drivers’ sobriety, the use of seat belts by people in the vehicles, and how children were transported; children should travel in specially designed devices.

Traffic patrols could be encountered especially in places where fatal accidents frequently occur. As police safety analyses show, the most common cause of serious road incidents is excessive speed, not adapted to road conditions and the applicable limits. That is why the speed of vehicles travelling on Lower Silesian roads was the officers’ main focus.

Unfortunately, during the two-day operation, 2,453 drivers exceeded the permitted speed among the 3,330 vehicles checked. A significant number of them were fined through ticket proceedings, or applications for punishment were submitted against them to the courts. In addition, during the operation police officers suspended a total of 17 driving licences in connection with exceeding the permitted speed by more than 50 km/h. Exactly 21 drivers were detained because they decided to get into a car despite an active court ban on driving motor vehicles.

Police officers continue to appeal for safe and cautious driving. Let us remember that by complying with the applicable regulations, we protect our lives and health as well as those of our loved ones, with whom we often travel. We must not underestimate this extremely important issue: driving at a speed adapted to the prevailing road conditions, that is, one at which the driver can maintain full control of the vehicle and, if necessary, stop before an appearing obstacle or avoid it without unnecessary risk. A few kilometres per hour less on our car’s speedometer can genuinely save someone’s life.

Of the 3,330 drivers checked, 2,453 violated the regulations

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