A total of 907 out-of-court complaints for various traffic offences, resulted from traffic law road checks carried out over the weekend by members of the Special Motorcycle Squad (S.O.M.O.), the Road Accident Prevention Units (R.A.P.O.D) Headquarters and Avdimou and members of the Traffic Police, on motorways and secondary roads nationwide.
The nationwide traffic controls were carried out between 6am on Friday 01/07/22 and 6am on Friday 01/07/22. today Sunday 03/07/2022, as part of the prevention of road traffic collisions, the prevention and suppression of nuisance offences by cars and motorcycles and juvenile delinquency.
The majority of the complaints concerned offences, which have been proven to be the main causes of serious and fatal road traffic collisions. Of these, 307 complaints, carried out for exceeding the speed limit and 72 for driving under the influence of alcohol, stand out.
In addition, members of the police made a total of 59 complaints for offences relating to non-use of seat belts and protective helmets and 25 complaints for driving with hands free (use of a mobile phone),
Also worthy of mention are the 100 complaints relating to violation of traffic signs.
In addition, 28 drivers were reported for driving without their vehicle being covered by a certificate of fitness.
Another 22 drivers were reported for parking on the pavement or in disabled parking spaces.
In addition, there were another 294 out-of-court complaints for various other traffic offences.
Police mobilisation on the road network to prevent serious and fatal traffic collisions is always increased. Our sole objective is to ensure the safety of everyone on the roads and to reduce traffic collisions as much as possible.
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