Police in Norway's south-eastern police district check nearly 35 drivers for drunk driving every day. Every day throughout the year, three to four drivers are stopped and reported for drunk driving.
A total of 911 seizures of driving licenses
In 2020, a total of 911 driving license seizures were made in the South-East Police District. 683 of which were related to driving under the influence of alcohol. The detentions of other driving licenses were mainly related to serious speeding offenses.
Road accidents are one of our main problems
Drunk drivers and drivers committing serious speeding offenses pose a serious threat to traffic. Preventive police actions on the roads are still one of the most important measures to improve traffic safety, which is also very well documented by research. Road accidents are one of our main problems, it is also an area of crime that causes the death of most people in Norway. According to a population survey conducted by the police, our greatest fear is being involved in a road accident.
Changing attitudes of part of the population in their behavior on the road
A significant contribution to reducing the number road accidents is a change in the attitudes of part of the population in road behavior. In some environments it may seem that an aggressive style is acceptable driving and driving under the influence of alcohol. Police also record drivers warning each other via social media when police carry out roadside checks. In total, police patrols issued over 1300 simplified fines for traffic violations in the South East Police District in 2020.
Drivers without insurance, and the Motor Insurance Company punishes them.
-Automatic motion control. Speed cameras
Statistically, over 19 million vehicles passed active speed cameras in the police district in 2020, resulting in 8587 fines, 57 driver's license detentions.
