Thursday 28 March 2019

Directions to the red light

At intersections with traffic lights in Helsinki, install new cameras to monitor the passage of red light

According to the police department, the technology of the new generation will allow to monitor simultaneously the violation of the speed limit and the passage to the red light. In Helsinki, for example, 60 of the 70 new cameras will be installed in the area of ​​intersections with traffic lights.

“The cameras will be located, for example, on the streets of Mannerheimming, Kaisaniyenkatu and Mykelyankatu. They will be installed where there are many accidents and accidents, as well as not far from schools and other places where many pedestrians move. We took into account the wishes of residents of nearby houses, ”commented transport engineer Jussi Juli-Seppälä.

As the police department says, traveling to red is mainly a problem during peak hours, as well as at intersections, where both lanes go in two directions with a speed limit of about 50 km / h.


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