A study by the Israel Police discloses that the number of automatic tickets produced by the new digital camera system, which is due to begin operating in mid-February, will increase 3-4-fold in the first year of the system's operation. The study is based on figures for 2010, when 200,381 speeding tickets were issued.
26% of the speeding tickets in 2010 were issued automatically by 10-12 remaining old film cameras, and the rest were issued manually after speeders were caught by laser guns or police cars.
The Police study found that the big money from fines will not come from tickets to serious speeders, who were caught going more than 130 km/h on intercity roads (40 km/h over the speed limit), or over 80 km/h on city streets (30 km/h over the speed limit). Only 12% of speeding tickets in 2010 were issued to these offenders. 37% of the speeding tickers were issued for driving up to 25 km/h over the speed limit on intercity roads and driving up to 20 km/h over the speed limit on city streets.
34% of tickets carried a fine of NIS 750 and eight points for driving 21-30 km/h over the speed limit on city streets or driving up to 40 km/h over the limit on intercity roads. These fines generated NIS 51 million in revenues.
The new digital cameras will increase the number of automatic tickets by up to fourfold with the initial deployment of 44 cameras, and several times this number when all 400 cameras are in operation.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on January 25, 2012
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