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In a city with a speed limit of 50 km/h, a camera can record a violation, for which the driver will be fined, already at speeds of 73 km/h. This threshold applies to the police-provided example for a complex with an error of 2 km/h, so on other road sections the number may differ.
This was reported by the Patrol Police of Ukraine.
Automated violation recording takes into account not only the car’s speed but also the established limit at a specific section and the measurement device’s error. Responsibility for exceeding the speed limit arises when it exceeds 20 km/h.
For a standard urban limit of 50 km/h, the police provide an example with a threshold of 73 km/h. If the maximum camera error is 2 km/h, it is subtracted from the recorded speed when determining the violation. With a reading of 73 km/h after such adjustment, the remaining speed is 71 km/h — that is, an overage of the allowed speed by 21 km/h.
This does not mean that in all cities cameras start recording fines from 73 km/h. The error depends on the specific complex, and the permitted speed depends on traffic signs and the traffic regime on a given section.
In populated areas the general speed limit is 50 km/h, unless otherwise posted. Outside populated areas on standard roads you may travel up to 90 km/h, on roads with a dividing strip up to 110 km/h, and on motorways up to 130 km/h.
For each of these limits the threshold of responsibility for speeding is determined separately. When recording automatically, they take into account the maximum measurement error of the specific device, which, according to police data, cannot exceed ±3 km/h.
If on a particular city thoroughfare the permitted speed is raised in the prescribed manner, the calculation is carried out according to the limit that applies there. Relying only on the standard 50 km/h or using a universal figure for all cameras in such cases is incorrect.
The camera records the car and its license plate, and the materials of the violation are sent to the authorized unit of the National Police for processing. After data verification, an administrative report is issued.
When driving, the driver must comply with the speed determined by road signs and the regulations for the specific section. The threshold at which responsibility for exceeding by more than 20 km/h arises does not change the stated speed limit.
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