1900 drivers fined during school opening monitoring

During the thematic supervision, which ended last week, the police intervened in the speed of a total of 1,903 drivers with a pecuniary penalty, said police in a press release on Tuesday.

The police intervened 134 times for failure to use safety devices and in 140 incidents of drivers using a hand-held mobile phone while driving.

Sixty-nine riders received sanctions for cycling or operating a light e-vehicle on the pavement.

Pedestrians were issued 13 traffic penalty fees for walking against a red light.

The police carried out the intensified traffic supervision operation in the vicinity of schools.

Police urged the drivers to ensure that children have a safe way to and from school and exercise caution.

In the supervision theme at the start of schools, the police aimed to draw road users' attention to safe speeds, vigilance and compliance with pedestrian crossing rules and safe mobility in general.

The supervision operation saw the police intervene in speeding, pedestrian crossing and safety device violations as well as the use of mobile phones when supervising the safety of children on their way to and from school.

According to Chief Superintendent Heikki Kallio, the police caught plenty of drivers speeding, some of whom were doing so in the vicinity of a school.

“A total of 1410 traffic penalty fees and 493 fines were imposed for speeding during the two-week supervision operation. A total of 82 drivers were temporarily banned from driving, almost all of them for significant speeding,” Kallio said.

A total of 43 drivers failed to allow unhindered passage to persons on or preparing to step on to a pedestrian crossing.

In addition, four drivers overtook, without stopping, a car that had stopped at a pedestrian crossing.