Changes in the tickets tariff are already visible in the statistics

According to the Road Traffic Office of the Police Headquarters, the number of tickets for speeding by over 50 km / h in built-up areas has decreased in January this year by over 55 percent compared to the same period in 2020. Moreover, minor offenses by drivers against pedestrians were also reported by almost a third less (29.5 percent).

“The society is beginning to notice the essence of changing the regulations into more stringent ones – for example in terms of tickets or the right of way of pedestrians. Such regulations are bringing the first results. The Ministry of Infrastructure informed that after the introduction of regulations protecting pedestrians on the crossings, the number of accidents involving pedestrians decreased. In the period from June 1 to the end of August 2021, it was 3 percent less than in 2020 and 24 percent less than in 2019,” Piotr Korab, an expert at autobaza.pl, said.

The number of fatalities in accidents in Poland per million inhabitants has for years been one of the highest in the European Union. Before the pandemic, it was 77 people per million inhabitants, which put Poland in third place in the EU (behind Romania and Bulgaria), informs the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). In Germany, it was only 37 people. Preliminary data from the Road Traffic Office of the Police Headquarters show that in January 2022 there was the same number of accidents as in January 2021 (1,230). It is worth noting, however, that two years ago there were 678 more accidents, i.e. 1,908.

(PAP)