Yesterday, our colleagues at RTL.lu decided to make their April Fool's prank speed camera-orientated. They reported that speed cameras in Luxembourg had software issues, and asked those who had received fines to call a hotline (which naturally went to the RTL studios). You can read more about that here, but it is in Luxembourgish.
On the topic of speed cameras, the government is planning on introducing a host of measures throughout the year. Luxembourg will soon have 25 permanent speed cameras alongside mobile speed cameras used for traffic checks.
A new addition to Luxembourg's radars has been a speed camera on a trailer based on the A4 motorway. The speed camera was put into place due to roadworks on the section of the road near Pontpierre. The Ministry of Mobility and Public Works has since confirmed that it has ordered a second trailer speed camera.
Last year, the ministry confirmed that it would be introducing average speed cameras as part of a pilot project. The way these will work is that a first speed camera will record the time of a vehicle passing and its number plates. Several kilometres down the road, a second speed camera will record the same data and will calculate an average speed. If you arrive too early at the second speed camera, then you were likely speeding.
Once the pilot project is completed, the ministry is likely to roll out more average speed cameras, most likely in tunnels.
A further measure that the ministry revealed is the plan to introduce cameras at traffic lights in order to catch drivers who run red lights. An increasing number of drivers tend to ignore red lights, which is why the ministry will crack down on this behaviour.
The larger crackdown on speeding comes as a result of the startling statistics on Luxembourg's speeding. In 2018, 250,000 vehicles were caught by speed cameras, of which 140,000 had Luxembourgish number plates. In this year alone, 35,000 drivers have already been caught by the cameras. In the last three years, speed cameras have recorded a staggering 800,000 infractions.
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