A total of 530 driver complaints, 12 seizures of motorcyclists and one arrest of a drunk driver who almost hit a police officer with his vehicle, were made in the context of targeted traffic police checks all over the country.
According to the police, during the traffic checks carried out by motorcyclists of the Limassol Traffic Police "Z" team, between the hours of 18:00 (Monday) and 5:00 (Tuesday morning), with emphasis on places where fatal road collisions and nuisance had occurred in the past, nine large capacity motorcycles were seized, most of them with modifications.
One of the motorcycles was abandoned with falsified registration numbers, as was a car, while a stolen motorcycle was located and a total of 45 complaints were made for various traffic offences. Another 82 complaints were made by members of the Limassol Traffic Police during the traffic checks, of which 47 were for speed limit violations.
During the traffic checks in Limassol and while a member of the police was transporting a motorcycle with modifications to the Limassol traffic police, risked being hit by a van-type vehicle, which violated a red traffic light. The driver of the vehicle was stopped and in a final alcohol test to which he was subjected, the reading was 115μg% instead of 22μg%.
Also, as part of the checks in Limassol, a motorbike was spotted, which, according to the police, was being driven at a speed of 94km instead of 50km. The driver of the failed to stop at a police signal, and was later spotted and summoned to Limassol Traffic Police. The driver is being investigated for offences of disobeying a police signal, exceeding the speed limit, driving a motorcycle without a safety certificate, driving without a driver's licence, driving without a licence and driving a vehicle that was declared immobilised..
In addition, 200 complaints, for various traffic offences, resulted from traffic law road checks carried out from 6:00 a.m. on Monday morning until 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday by members of the Special Motorcycle Squad (S.M.M.O.) and the Road Accident Prevention Squads (R.A.P.O.).D) Headquarters and Avdimou on motorways and secondary roads nationwide.
Of the complaints made, 117 involved driving at speeds above the speed limit.
In addition, in the context of traffic controls carried out from 10:00 yesterday morning until 5:00 this morning, in the city of Paphos and on the secondary road network, by motorcyclists of the "Z" group and members of the Paphos Traffic Police, 70 complaints were made for various traffic offences, of which 25 were for exceeding the speed limit, while three motorcycles were impounded.
In the districts of Larnaca and Famagusta, during the traffic checks carried out from 6:00 yesterday morning until 6:00 this morning, 133 complaints were made for various traffic offences, of which 60 were for driving at a speed in excess of the speed limit.
Targeted checks by the traffic police, the statement notes, continue daily throughout the twenty-four-hour period, throughout the road network nationwide, with the sole aim of consolidating road awareness and preventing and reducing serious and fatal road collisions.
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