"Flying" at 179km on the motorway Handcuffed 47-year-old man Intercepted and arrested by members of the Traffic Police Headquarters
Speeding is proven to be one of the main factors - perhaps the main factor - in causing serious and fatal road collisions. It reduces the driver's reaction time, increases the braking distance of a vehicle, increases the severity of the collision.
The road and the time do not matter so much, since even in the midnight hours, when roads are usually free of traffic, darkness, fatigue, and possibly alcohol consumption, contribute to a driver's reduced ability to control and drive his/her vehicle, as well as a reduced perception of the road network.
During the day, however, when other drivers, cyclists or pedestrians are on the road, the danger caused by a driver's individual negligence or carelessness is real, not only for the driver but also for other road users.
At 8.10 o'clock in the morning, even on the day of the Epiphany, at 179 km/h instead of 100 km/h, which is the maximum speed limit on the motorway, the risk of causing a traffic collision is alarmingly high, whether the road is empty due to a holiday or there is traffic on it.
On the road at that time today, traffic was observed, albeit sparse, at least at the height of the exit to Cherry, where members of the Police, specifically the Road Accident Prevention Unit - OPOD, of the Traffic Police Headquarters, were conducting traffic checks and where they found that a 47-year-old man was driving his car at a speed of 179 kilometres .[/B]
After the OPOD members intercepted the driver and proceeded to arrest him, they drove him and his vehicle to the local Pera Chorio Police Station for tests. He was released at around 10.30am, after being summoned to appear in Court tomorrow, Friday, for an immediate hearing on the speeding case.
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