Traffic >

• TRAFFIC
  • Speed surveillance »
    • Automatic speed surveillance
  • Drunken driving and drugs »
    • Drug abusers in traffic
    • Use of precision breathalyser
    • Consequences of drunken driving »
      • Driving ban
    • Drunken driver in traffic
    • Surveillance of drug use »
    • Intoxicants and the right to drive
  • Use of safety equipment
  • High-risk drivers »
    • Imposition of a driving ban due to repeat offences
    • Imposition of a driving ban due to gross negligence
  • Safety of waterborne traffic »
    • Watercraft and alcohol
    • Equipment
  • Driving licences

Traffic safety

Ensuring traffic safety requires the combined effort of many different players. The role of the police is to concentrate on speed surveillance, reducing driving under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicants, monitoring the use of safety equipment and high-risk drivers. The police also intervene in any type of behaviour that is in breach of traffic regulations.

To plan their operations, the police use national, regional and local accident statistics, traffic behaviour monitoring data and, whenever possible, requests made by local residents. The police have a traffic safety strategy, which is based on the Government decision-in-principle on the improvement on road safety.

Work to improve traffic safety is carried out by the local police and the National Traffic Police. The local police is mainly responsible for traffic surveillance in built-up areas, while the National Traffic Police concentrate mostly on motorways and other major roads. The National Traffic Police are also responsible for the surveillance of heavy vehicles, which requires special expertise and equipment under EU provisions.

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