2023-05-16 20:07:22
We also reported that as of May 1st, the value measured by certified police speedometers is the legally accepted speed at which the measured vehicle was traveling. In practice, all of this means that the 3 km/h or 3 percent “tolerance” previously used to set the measurement limit is no longer used during speed checks. Just an example:
- if from now on someone is measured at a speed of 52 km/h in a built-up area with a maximum speed limit of 50 km/h, or if before May 1, 3 km/h was deducted from the measured value of 52 km/h, thus based on the obtained speed of 49 km/h the driver did not commit a violation, so no action was taken. Today – staying with this example – they do not change the measured speed, so they take action against the driver for a violation of the rules.
He gave an interview to police.hu on the subject József Óberling, Head of the ORFK Traffic Police Department. He says that the “tolerance value never meant the margin of error of a speedometer. The device is one of the most accurate measuring instruments known today. In practice, the device performs a thousand measurements in 3 tenths of a second. The result of these thousand measurements will produce the number that gives the speed.”
He added that the “police officers have been and will continue to apply tolerance, which is formulated by law in such a way that it is left to the discretion of the police officer what kind of sanction to apply in the event of a committed rule violation. It has quite a wide range. From the warning to the on-the-spot fine to the infringement report and the decision made in the infringement procedure. Our colleagues have not, and will not, deal with who went with 51 instead of 50. Although we would argue that they are the ones who endanger road safety! There are quite a few people who exceed these speed limits in an extreme way, and they pose a danger to traffic safety.”
I would like to reassure everyone that the police will not set the meter to 51 km/h or 52 km/h, but will focus on those who significantly exceed the speed limit.
Hungarian George two percent of accidents involving personal injury can be traced back to exceeding the maximum permitted speed, therefore a significant improvement in traffic safety cannot be expected if even 1 km/h speeding is penalized. On his blog, the lawyer reminds us that the tightening effective from May 1 raises both legal and technical questions.
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