The police are getting tougher, they are taking more stringent measures against speeding

They are breaking with decades of practice by considering the data measured by traffipax as accurate starting in May.

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Speeders are fined after reaching a lower speed, writes a Vezess.hu. They were informed that from May 1 there is no longer the previous allowance for the speed posted by the traffic police, and their information was confirmed by the police:

From now on, in the event of a speeding violation, the case management system that processes the violation determines the amount of the administrative fine based on the measured speed

The deviation, called the margin of error of the traffipax, was 3 km/h up to a speed of 100 kilometers per hour, above which a 3 percent deviation was tolerated compared to the measured data.

By changing the practice that has been followed for decades, the police act in accordance with the current legislation. The Law on Metrology states that a certified measuring device must be considered accurate until it is proven to be inaccurate.

Where speeders are still not stopped, the principle possibility of getting away with speeding remains

– adds Vezess.hu. After all, the police does not act according to the principle of objective responsibility for up to 15 km/h below 100 km/h, and 20 km/h above 100 km/h. In other words, you can in principle avoid a fine with your own car even at 150 km/h on the highway.