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Overview of TISPOL operations 2019

 Here is a summary of results from TISPOL's operations in 2019:

Number of drivers checked during the year: 11,350,317
Seatbelt offences: 310,919
Speed offences (detected by police officers): 379,343
Speed offences (automatic detections): 849,950
Distraction offences: 56,894
Alcohol offences: 34,336
Drug offences: 7,749
Crimes selected during road safety operations: 23,410

Highlights of the operations:

February, truck
Results from 23 countries and 235,678 trucks checked

February, bus
Results from 19 countries, 136 immediate prohibitions

March, seatbelt 
Results from 20 countries, with 2,681 crimes discovered while controlling seatbelt use

April, speed
Results from 17 countries, 2,974,108 vehicles checked, 751,629 offences

April, speed marathon
Results from 17 countries, with nearly 3 million vehicles checked in Germany and Hungary alone

May, truck
Results from 14 countries, 4,000 tachograph offences detected

May, bus
Results from 14 countries sent results, with 10 illegal immigration offences detected

June, alcohol and drug
Results from 19 countries with more than 15,000 alcohol offences among controlled drivers

July/August, safe holiday
Participation of 10 countries

July, truck
Results from 17 countries with 1,199 immediate prohibitions

July, bus
Results from 14 countries, with 8,066 vehicle defect offences and 9 wanted persons detained

August, speed
Results from 17 countries with 149,219 offences detected by officers and 299,392 offences detected automatically

September, Focus on the Road
Results from 19 countries, with 54,067 mobile phone offences

September, Project EDWARD
Results from 15 countries: 52 fatalities, 31 million reach on social media

October, truck
Results from 21 countries:more than none in four of the 243,000 trucks checked had some defect. 2,774 of these trucks were prohibited immediately

October, bus
Results from 14 countries, 113,777 buses checked, with 37 wanted persons detained

December, alcohol and drug
Results from 17 countries, with 1,047,813 drivers and riders checked. 12,663 alcohol offences and 3,370 drug offences detected

This suggests that one in 83 drivers is at the wheel while over the legal drink-drive limit in that particular country.

 

Hungary: campaign against reckless drivers

The Hungarian Police has started a campaign against the reckless drivers on the road.

Unfortunately more and more drivers commit offences on the roads during their everyday life. The reason usually the lack of the time. But it can’t bean excuse for committing offences.

The essence of this campaign is that the police officers patrolling with unmarked police cars in the cities and motorways and try to tackle the reckless drivers who commit offences by using the bus lane, ignoring red traffic lights, using the hard shoulders on motorways, using hand-held cell phones, going across the solid line. Because the offences are recorded with built-in cameras, 99% of the reckless drivers do not try to give any excuse because of their acts, and agree with the punishment.

The campaign is very successful and the National Accident Prevention Committee often releases some videos about the latest offences on its Facebook site as a lesson. Not surprisingly those drivers who always keep the rules are relieved and they like the campaign and have massive negative opinion about shameless drivers.

Videos are also popular among different companies which focus on accident prevention or road safety and they also share the videos of the National Accident Prevention Committee.

Videos can be found on this excellent Facebook page...

 

Poland: safe winter holiday bus checks

The winter holidays are taking place in Poland. Because of it traffic police officers take action to ensure the safety of those leaving for some winter rest. Announcements of the police action were made on television and in newspapers across the country.

An important element of caring for safety are inspections of buses carrying their passengers to holiday destinations. During the checks, first of all the technical condition of the bus and its equipment will be checked. Of course, driver’s sobriety and driving licence checks will be carried out as well.

The police have prepared a list of places of control, which contains a list of these points from the country with contact phone numbers, where you will be able to get detailed information on the possibility of ad hoc checks of buses and drivers.

The need for an inspection can also be reported in person to any Police unit or by phone by calling the emergency number 112.

Last weekend was special because tourists came to Zakopane (in the Malopolskie region) to support the competitors participating in the World Cup Ski Jumping Championships taking place at Wielka Krokiew.

Officers have warned road users to expect increased traffic. From among thousands of people who will go to the competition, many of them will choose a bus or a car as a means of transport.

 

Ireland: Road Safety Authority chief appointed to head Insurance Ireland

We send our very best wishes to Moyagh Murdock, currently head of Ireland's Road Safety Authority, who will shortly join Insurance Ireland  as its next chief executive.

Ms Murdock (pictured above) has been very supportive of TISPOL's activities in Ireland in recent years, in particular ensuring the country has played a full and energetic role in embracing Project EDWARD. 

Good luck, Moyagh - and thanks for all your support!

 

And from further afield...

A driver in the US has been caught trying to disguise a fake skeleton as a passenger so he could use a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane. The Arizona Department of Public Safety said the 62-year-old was pulled over when an official noticed the skeleton, which was wearing a hat and tied to the passenger seat with yellow rope.

The driver was given a penalty ticket.

The department told AP news agency some 7,000 drivers in Arizona were caught violating HOV rules every year.