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Speedweek Enforcement Nets Nearly 49,000 Violations in Hesse and Schleswig-Holstein

More than 1,000 officers deployed in the week-long campaign confiscated licences, seized vehicles from illegal racers, exposed drivers carrying weapons.

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Die hessischen Polizeibehörden haben im Rahmen der bundesweiten Aktionswoche Speedweek zur Verkehrssicherheit auf den Straßen 25.775 Verstöße festgestellt. Das ergab eine Verstoßquote von 3,17 Prozent, wie das Hessische Innenministerium mitteilte. 

Overview

  • Hessian Interior Ministry data show 25,775 speeding violations from 813,009 vehicles checked, a 3.17% infringement rate.
  • Schleswig-Holstein police recorded 23,121 speed traps, up from 15,288 last year, and logged 44 phone-using drivers, 89 unbelted passengers and 13 alcohol-related stops.
  • Officers on the A643 near Wiesbaden ended an illegal race and impounded the participants’ licences and cars.
  • In Frankfurt a speeding motorist was found unlicensed and carrying prohibited weapons during a routine check.
  • Main-Kinzig-Kreis authorities detained a driver who falsely claimed to be a journalist to evade inspection.