Watch the video: Which types of speed cameras are in use in Germany – and how many km/h tolerance are deducted.
According to Statista, excessive speeds in road traffic were responsible for around 36,700 accidents involving personal injury in 2021. Speed controls are intended to ensure greater safety in road traffic. The police use different techniques for this. There are fixed and mobile systems. The best-known speed cameras are probably fixed radar and laser devices. Today, laser measurement technology is predominantly used. If a road user drives too fast, a photo is taken, usually – but not always – accompanied by a flash. Hence the term speed camera. Laser guns that emit light pulses and determine the speed based on the reflected light are very handy and therefore mobile. But there are also contacts in the road, so-called induction loops or piezo sensors that are triggered by driving over them. The speed of vehicles can also be determined using several light barriers set up one behind the other. But there are also video tracking systems in which a police vehicle follows a potential speeder and thus determines his speed. All of these measuring techniques have a certain inaccuracy in common. For this reason, the legislator has introduced a tolerance that is deducted from the measured speed as a formality. For violations up to 100 km/h, this is 3 kilometers per hour, which is always deducted. For speeds over 100 km/h, it is 3 percent in each case. For the video tracking systems mentioned, the tolerance is at least 5 percent.
Source: Stern
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