The supervision of road traffic in terms of installation, service and operation of equipment and verification of offences detected using stationary recording devices should remain within the competence of state institutions – assesses the Ministry of Infrastructure. The president of the capital wants cities to have such a right. This is a reaction to the tragic accident on Trasa Łazienkowska in Warsaw.
Mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski after the tragic accident on Trasa Łazienkowska, he announced that, in agreement with the relevant minister and other local governments, he was preparing a draft law on speed cameras so that cities managing the entire network of roads and streets would have the right to install them independently.
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PAP asked the Ministry of Infrastructure (MI) for a comment on this matter.
“According to the current legal status, only the Chief Inspectorate of Road Transport (GITD) has the right to automatically supervise road traffic. Speed violations on national and local government roads are monitored using stationary recording devices and sectional speed measurement as part of the Automatic Road Traffic Supervision Centre (CANARD) system. The system also includes devices that record driving through red lights at intersections and rail-road crossings,” replied MI spokesperson Anna Szumańska. She noted that the ministry is open to cooperation in the field of installing stationary recording devices in particularly dangerous places indicated by local government authorities.
She reported that such devices are already being placed on local roads, and there is also the possibility of concluding agreements between GITD and local government authorities, including the division of the costs of their installation. “GITD has so far concluded agreements with 4 entities, covering 28 devices – including the Capital City of Warsaw, the Provincial Roads Authority in Gdańsk, and the local government of Świnoujście (a device in the tunnel under the Świna)” – she explained.
MI: supervision should remain in the hands of the state
“In the opinion of the Ministry of Infrastructure, road traffic supervision in terms of installation, service and operation of devices, as well as verification of offences detected by means of stationary recording devices, should remain the responsibility of state institutions,” emphasised Anna Szumańska.
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