With the help of a new camera system on civilian police motorcycles, the Bavarian police want to be stronger in the future motorcyclist violations target. Bavaria’s Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) presented the new technology on Wednesday in Nuremberg.
“As a result, the misconduct of traffic offenders can be recorded as evidence and all violations can be completely documented while driving,” said Herrmann. Reckless motorcyclists should be able to be better taken out of circulation. He gave the cost of equipping a police motorcycle with about 7000 euros at.
Camera systems should ensure more road safety: Motorcyclists in the sights
The cameras are intended to help combat the main causes of accidents involving motorcycles and to significantly reduce the number of accidents. Last year alone, 112 people died in accidents involving motorcycles in Bavaria. The bikers themselves caused three quarters of the accidents daring overtaking manoeuvres.
The new camera system has been in pilot testing since 2020 tested in Lower Bavaria. Step by step, other police headquarters are to be equipped.
