2023-11-28 09:02:36
The precision of Swiss watchmaking is not reflected in the Swiss country’s radars… On Monday, the police had to admit an embarrassing error: four poorly calibrated radars wrongly flashed nearly 10,000 motorists in just over a month.
Due to a programming error in software, the four new radars had so many violations that it alerted the sleuths of the Berne cantonal police. “In total, 9,604 erroneous measurements were recorded between September 12, 2023 and October 19, 2023. All those concerned will receive a letter in the coming days and around 6,000 paid fines will be reimbursed,” the police said in a press release. but without specifying the amounts unduly earned.
No other radars affected, according to police
Officers noted a higher than average number of speed limit violations at all four locations of the offending devices and “more and more people concerned came forward”.
The authorities therefore once again called on the Federal Institute of Metrology – which had validated the first configuration – to carry out checks. They revealed that the measured speed was too high. “These four devices are the only ones used in Switzerland with this… configuration and therefore the only ones affected by this error,” said the police.
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