The number of traffic offences reported to the police in January to September this year fell by 11 per cent from that in the stipulated period of 2016, said the police in a recent press release.

This is partly due to the fact that performance targets were reduced for 2017 because less working time is available for traffic surveillance.

Another reason is the recruitment of extra personnel for processing criminal sanctions resulting from automatic traffic surveillance, whose training has tied down resources. It is also estimated that the amount of speeding in traffic has decreased.

The focuses for 2017 were aggravated offences causing traffic hazards and drunk-driving cases leading to the number of detected cases remaining high.