There is a delay in the sending of the first out-of-court judges by the Traffic Cameras, as we enter the next phase of the system from today, which will last six months.
Three months are completed today from the day the cameras operated and under the contract, the contractor company is obliged within the next six months, to supply the state with another 20 fixed cameras and another 16 mobile. However, the green light for the next phase will be given to the Department of Electromechanical Services, which is also the contracting service on behalf of the state, after first evaluating the current phase, which is the pilot one.
The delay observed in the dispatch of the out-of-court settlers, since within 25 days after they officially started to complain, no registered letter has left, it brings accumulations of complaints, since the cameras continue to record violations. According to those involved, the delay is due to procedural reasons and in the next few days the first out-of-court settlements will begin.
As it was duly explained, from the moment a camera records a violation, many checks must be made, so that the out-of-court settlement reaches the right offender, with the right fine. This is because a complaint can be double or triple, ie it contains two or even three violations, so the right sentences with the right degrees must be taken into account.
Also, the data of the offenders must be checked by the Central Information Warehouse (CAP) in order to be correct. Recently a problem arose because a government agency has registered a citizen living on that street in Greek, the other in English and a third service in grills. The office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection has stressed to everyone that no out-of-court settlement should be sent to the wrong person. On the Traffic side, we were told that the contractor really took longer than expected to prepare the first out-of-court settlements, which paid off in the proceedings, while warnings are now sent normally.
Meanwhile, according to the Assistant Director of Traffic, Haris Evripidou, the cameras, four mobile and four fixed, record about 800 violations per day. Most of the mobiles are for speeding, while the landlines complain about those who pass in red, or speed, or do not wear a helmet or park on the yellow line. As for the new locations where the 16 new cameras will be installed, these have been selected based on the risk and frequency of accidents.
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