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Speed enforcement in Hungary A breakthrough
Major Péter Szabó Senior Desk Officer Hungarian
National Police Headquarters Traffic Enforcement
Department
Road Safety is a shared responsibility Sofia,
18th April 2011
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Road Safety in Hungary 1957 2010
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The number of road fatalities compared to the
objectives of the Hungarian Road Safety Policy
2003-2015 Programme
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Accidents involving personal injuries2001 2010
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Causes of road collisions (2010)
Speeding Overtaking Turning Right of
way Safety distance Technical
problems Pedestrian fault Inattention Other
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Causers of accidents by types of the vehicles
(2010)
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Jan.-Feb. 2011(preliminary data, compared to
the same period of last year)

• The number of collisions involving personal
  injuries increased by 0.69
• The number of road fatalities fell by 17.7
• 28 lives saved
• The number of drink driving collisions remains
  unchanged
• If we compare the data of the first three months
  of 2001 and 2011 the number of fatalities
  decreased by 45.2!

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Elements of the legislative changes 2008-2010

• Main elements
• Objective (owners) liability
• Zero tolerance on drink driving
• Aggravation of the demerit point system
• Aggravation of the on-the-spot fines
• Amendment of the rules of administrative fines
• As of August 2009, administrative fines are
  applied to the non use of seat belts, and the use
  of hand-held cellphone while driving
• Amendment of the Highway Code in January 2010

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Elements of the legislative changes 2008-2010

• Some of the most dangerous minor offences were
  qualified as infringements and are subject to
  fixed fines
• speeding,
• passing a level crossing,
• not observing the signals of traffic lights,
• breaking the rules of stopping and parking,
• breaking the rules related to the use of the
  motorways emergency lane,
• not observing the rules of driving directions (do
  not enter, one-way)
• not observing the rules of environmental
  protection

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Elements of the legislative changes2008-2010
speed limit km/h measured speed measured speed fine in HUF fine in EUR
speed limit km/h from up to fine in HUF fine in EUR
50 69 78 30 000 Ft 109
50 79 88 45 000 Ft 164
50 89 98 60 000 Ft 218
50 99 108 90 000 Ft 327
50 109 118 130 000 Ft 473
50 119 128 200 000 Ft 727
50 129   300 000 Ft 1 091
Average salary 120 000 HUF/month (approx. 450
EUR)
90 109 123 30 000 Ft 109
90 124 139 45 000 Ft 164
90 140 154 60 000 Ft 218
90 155 169 90 000 Ft 327
90 170 185 130 000 Ft 473
90 186 200 200 000 Ft 727
90 201   300 000 Ft 1 091
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New hardware and software

• 300 pcs PDAs
• 50 pcs new laser devices
• 500 pcs Dräger 6810
• and 160 pcs Dräger 7110 breathalysers
• Implementing a new electronic data processing
  system (trafficPOINT) enacted by Transport and
  Economic Ministerial Decree nr. 18 of 2008
• Further plans
• 31 pcs automatic speed measuring devices on
  motorways,
• 200 pcs automatic speed measuring devices on
  other national roads

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New technical devices

• Speed Capture System-103
• laser measuring device
• Documenting speeding
• Night vision ability
• Automatic and manual operation
• Automatic wireless text data transmission
• On-line connection with TrafficPoint software
• Built-in GPS receiver
• Uploading photo evidence via wireless connection
  or cable
• Inverse geocoding with the help of GPS
  coordinates the device can identify the exact
  address
• Advanced data security
• Similar data processing technique to the PDAs

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New technical devices

• Speed Capture System-103
• laser measuring device

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trafficPOINT (tP)

• What is tP?
• Integrated data processing system on traffic
  infringements
• Development is made by Microsoft based on police
  requriements after public tender
• Fully automated from the raw picture to the
  printed and ready-to-post decision about the fine
• Five main modules
• Data receiving module
• Administrative module
• Integrated fiscal module
• Bailiff module
• Customer service module
• The system was presented in a workshop at the
  headquarters of Microsoft in Seattle for Interpol
  members recently

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trafficPOINT (tP)

• Working procedure before tP
• Speed camera was taken to the local police
  station for downloading data after duty
• Saved data and paperwork were sent to the county
  police HQ for pre-processing where photos were
  evaluated one by one manually and forwarded to
  the administrator
• Upon the data the administrator prepared the
  decision and posted it to the owner of the car
• Manual data processing
• Lot of paperwork
• Waste of manpower (102 persons worked as
  pre-processing staff and other 162 as
  administrators)
• It took 3-4 weeks from the recording of the
  offence to the posting of the decision
• High risk of errors or misuse

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trafficPOINT (tP)

• Work with tP
• Speed camera transmits data on-line to the
  central server of the Police
• Received data are transmitted to the
  administrative module by the pre-processing
  system
• With ANPR the system identifies the owners
  address
• The recently amended legislation prescribes a
  fixed sum of fine to be imposed automatically
  upon the recorded speed
• The administrator checks the data and comes to a
  decision with minimal manual work
• The decision and the postal check for the fine is
  printed and posted in a central back-office
  automatically
• Deadline for paying the fine is monitored and
  bailiff is taken into action automatically

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trafficPOINT (tP)

• Work with tP
• Public web page for local municipality officers
  (notaries) to conduct bailiff procedures
• Public and secured web page for clients
• to get official notifications on the case
• to file petitions
• to take a look at the photo evidence of the
  offence
• to pay the fine with credit card after
  authentication
• System is at work partially since spring of 2009
• Remaining files of the police file case
  management system (RoboCop) are being uploaded to
  tP
• Full scale work began on 1st February 2010

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trafficPOINT (tP)

• Work with tP
• Data are processed by the Administrative
  Authority Service at the Police County HQ of Vas
  County in the city of Szombathely
• In case of appeal, the case is reconsidered by
  the Budapest Police HQ
• After that decision there is no possibility for
  appeal, unless there is an evidence of violation
  of law regarding the measures taken by the police
• In that case an arbitrament is to be done by
  court
• Only 4 of the procedures were annulled by court
  decision

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trafficPOINT (tP)

• Advantages of tP
• Numerous procedures can be conducted safely
• Time of procedure is shortened to hours instead
  of weeks
• No need for large manpower in the pre-processing
  phase
• Minimal need of administrative work
• Minimized use of paper
• Less personnel and less paper means less cost
• Minimized risk of human error or misuse
• Secured and controlled data processing
• Transparent and trustworthy procedure
• Improving road safety situation

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trafficPOINT (tP)
How does it work?
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Summary
Documented offences in 2009 Number of cases Fine in HUF Fine in EUR
passing a level crossing 16 2 400 000 8 727
not observing the rules of environmental protection 27 4 050 000 14 727
breaking the rules related to the use of the motorways emergency lane 599 88 950 000 323 455
not observing the rules of driving directions (do not enter, one-way) 4 293 213 830 000 777 564
not observing the signals of traffic lights 4 380 417 850 000 1 519 455
breaking the rules of stopping and parking 47 474 1 423 580 000 5 176 655
speeding 353 107 13 018 610 000 47 340 400
OVERALL 409 896 15 169 270 000 55 160 982
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Summary

• Road to success
• Strong political will and support from
  government
• Wide social demand on safer road traffic
• Significant amendment of the pertaining
  legislation in 2008 and 2009
• Extended enforcement activities
• Targeted technical development
• Active preventive measures
• Conclusions
• The aims of the national road safety policy can
  be exceeded by 30
• More measures are needed to maintain the
  situation
• E.g. dealing with foreigners

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The champions of the first quarter of 2011
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Max. recorded speed in built-up area (141 km/h
instead of 40 km/h 1.100 EUR)
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Max. recorded speed outside built-up areas, on
national road (181 km/h instead of 90 km/h
1.100 EUR)
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Max. recorded speed on expressway (182 km/h
instead of 110 km/h 300 EUR)
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Max. recorded speed on motorway (236 km/h
instead of 130 km/h 700 EUR)
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Thank you for your attention!For further
information please visit our websiteswww.police.h
uwww.baleset-megelozes.eu
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