Big raid: Fines for 2.476.500 in 21 days

mobile phones and motorists can be a lethal cocktail.

Anyway has 1651 people have chosen to use the hold onto the mobile behind the wheel since 10. september, and it has resulted in fines for 2.476.500.

The state Police in a press release.

– It is worrying that we still encounter so many road users, who have their focus on the mobile instead of the traffic.

– We will continue the checks, and we are confident that the many distributed the clip also has a preventive effect, as people now begin to change their mobilvaner in traffic, says Christian Berthelsen, policewoman in Rigspolitiets National Færdselscenter.

at the same time has Epinion made a study where they have asked the 1,500 drivers, whether they think it is acceptable or unacceptable to you talk in hand-held mobile, sets the GPS, reading, texting, or taking things forward, while driving the car.

Here is the whole 14 percent answered yes, and it worries the Council for Safe Traffic.

– most drivers are, thankfully, agree that the inattention and driving did not belong together.

– But it is surprising that so many think that it is in order to fiddle with the cell phone, typing on his GPS, or look for things, when driving a car, for the man exposes himself and others to a great risk, when one is inattentive, says Lisbeth Sahl, seniorprojektleder in the Council for Safe Traffic.

A new law entered into force, and this means that it now costs a cut in the licence, if you absolutely need to check Instagram or talk with your aunt while you’re driving.

Tuesday, 10. september came the new rules in force, and the include all use of hand-held telecommunications equipment, and other handheld communication devices, for example, gps, tablets, and computers.

Færdselslovens section 55 is formulates as follows:

‘the Drivers of the vehicles must drive without the use of hand-held telecommunications equipment, and other handheld communication devices.’

– Even a few seconds of inattention can mean you miss another road user, or are going to pull over into the opposite lane and hit an oncoming head-on, says policewoman Christian Berthelsen from Rigspolitiets National Færdselscenter in the press release.

– Inattention is risky for all road users, and therefore it is important that all which moves around in traffic also keeps the focus on the traffic and not doing anything that may distract attention.

According to the national Police, it is especially in the trucks, that there are problems with uopmærksomheden.

Thus, one has found that about six percent of drivers of passenger cars and vans doing distracting actions while they are running, while it is around 15 percent of the drivers of heavy vehicles, including goods vehicles, in particular, that are doing other than to keep the focus on the traffic.

About every third deaths in traffic accidents caused by according to the Danish road directorate inattention.

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