Halle (Saale) relies on safety: first red light speedsters installed!

Halle (Saale) relies on safety: first red light speedsters installed!

in Halle (Saale) something is happening on the streets: for the first time, two stationary red light flashes were installed there. These new flash pillars are at two intersections and should not only increase traffic safety, but also provide juicy additional revenue in the city treasury. Specifically, they monitor the traffic on Trothaer Straße in the direction of the city center at the intersection of Seebener Straße and on federal road 80 in the direction of Eisleben, only a stone throw behind the racetrack. If you look at the numbers, it quickly becomes clear: The city expects that the lightning systems will rinse up to one million euros annually into the cash registers, such as [dubisthalle.de] (https://dubisthalle.de/erste-rotlicht-in-halle-sae-sstallt-stadt-erwartet-million income).

But the investment also has its price with around 300,000 euros. Whether this money is worthwhile in the long run, of course, depends on the violations that are now coming to the cameras. The upturning of the city revenue should be done primarily against the background of a lack of personnel with the police, the self-proclaimed strands against "cherry green drivers", who despite red over the crossings. The new speed camera should now put an end to this mess.

fines that have it all

The punishments for driving on a red traffic light should not be underestimated. As the ADAC, there are different fines for red light violations depending on the severity of the offense:

• at least 118.50 euros and a point in Flensburg if you drive over the traffic light.
• 228.50 euros and two points if the traffic light was red more than a second.
• 348.50 euros and two points if someone was endangered.
• 368.50 euros should be property damage.

But that's not all: Those who do it really well may even have to expect a driving ban of up to one month. The flash units themselves are technically up to date, as the Physikalisch-Technische Federal Institute found. Among other things, they use induction loops in the road and cameras that precisely document the flow of traffic.

modern technology at work

The new traffic lights use different technologies to ensure that violations are also correctly recorded. When a vehicle crosses the stop line, the first photo is taken. In the event of a red light violation, another photo follows when the vehicle passes the second induction loop. In addition, the flashing devices can record speed and even cell phone violations at the wheel. That makes the flash systems particularly effective.

residents and road users in Halle can therefore be excited to see how the situation will change on the streets. Perhaps one or the other street sinner will soon be carefully rolling up to the traffic lights so as not to appear in the photo at the next flash. In any case, the city seems to have a good hand with this measure to increase both security and to fill up the health insurers.