Speed ​​measurement

We were pleasantly surprised by the German drivers, who received their money back for tickets paid to their apartments.

We were pleasantly surprised by those drivers who were returned the fines paid for their apartments on the basis of signs that recorded an offense in the Hamburg region at points of automatic speed measurement.

It turned out that the radar equipment, incorrectly located, i.e. at a large angle with respect to the road, measured inaccurately.

This was confirmed by a specially appointed commission consisting of representatives of the police, the car club and local authorities involved in traffic.

It turned out that the radar beams should fall at an angle of no more than 20-22 degrees.

A larger angle of incidence means a much larger measurement error than is allowed, typically +-3 km/h.

Additional elements that interfere and distort the measurement are, for example, steel wings, trees, cars parked nearby, and even radio waves.

An Italian woman was able to find out about the imperfection of the measurements, who was sent to pay the equivalent of about 1300 zlotys for driving on a local road at a speed of 398 km / h and, in addition, in an Opel Corsa car.