For many years, the Mettmann district police authority announced some of its speed checks every week. This will come to an end from February 5 - from next Monday, the police will continue to carry out daily speed checks, but will no longer announce the locations of their speed cameras in advance.
This is the background:
Preventing serious and fatal accidents - that is the main objective of the traffic police in North Rhine-Westphalia. To achieve this, the causes are continuously analyzed and actively combated.
One of the main causes of accidents to this day is excessive speed. Speed enforcement is therefore an important component in combating this phenomenon. In order to increase the pressure on speeders, the measuring points in the Mettmann district are no longer announced in advance.
The Mettmann district police authority is thus following the new state-wide strategy of the NRW police, which expresses what is important in the police's road safety work under the title #LEBEN: Serious and fatal traffic accidents should be prevented.
In concrete terms, this means the following for speed measuring points:
In future, measuring points are to become more unpredictable by regularly changing times and locations. In addition, citizens will be stopped more often in the event of violations in order to discuss the risky behavior in person and thus achieve a better prevention effect. Furthermore, the Mettmann district police authority will use proactive press work to warn people about the dangers of speeding and raise awareness among road users.
"We want to protect you and your family from serious accidents. Speeding endangers everyone everywhere. Always drive appropriately and show consideration for others," advises your district police authority in Mettmann.