Paphos: Driver fined €2500 for speeding, banned for driving for four months

[Paphos Life]

Paphos district court has fined a 29 year old driver €2500 and banned him for driving for four months for speeding, the Cyprus News Agency reports.Citing police, it said that the driver had been caught doing 124 km per hour in a 50 km per hour speed limit area.Read more...

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[bmwx5]

Need to set up speed cameras on TOTK road, loads of idiots breaking the speed limit,jumping red lights and undertaking

[Dominic]

When does this happen? Every time I drive down TOKR people always seem to drive carefully.

[bmwx5]

I use the TOTK road several times a day on school runs and general travel , just yesterday there was a car sped past me on red lights near to DTs and did a U turn to come back on ther other lane both moves illegal. Suggest you spend 20 mins having a coffee in DTs and see how many vehicles speed past jump the lights and do U turns at that junction.

[Varky]

Need to set up speed cameras on TOTK road, loads of idiots breaking the speed limit,jumping red lights and undertaking

The use of fixed speed cameras I understand has been postponed as under Cypriot Law it is deemed to be an intrusion of privacy!!!!!

[bmwx5]

https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/08/03/poli ... ra-system/ One of the reasons for the delay in the installation of speed cameras.

[Dominic]

"The total cost for the project is expected to be around €45.4 million and it is estimated that around €57 million will be made from fines during that period."

And the rest!

[Dominic]

Need to set up speed cameras on TOTK road, loads of idiots breaking the speed limit,jumping red lights and undertaking

The use of fixed speed cameras I understand has been postponed as under Cypriot Law it is deemed to be an intrusion of privacy!!!!!

Where did you hear that?

[glang3000]

No law against undertaking in Cyprus.

[WHL]

Two and a half grand is a big wedge in most peoples pockets, keep it up, and the message will filter through.

[Varky]

Need to set up speed cameras on TOTK road, loads of idiots breaking the speed limit,jumping red lights and undertaking

The use of fixed speed cameras I understand has been postponed as under Cypriot Law it is deemed to be an intrusion of privacy!!!!!

Where did you hear that?

Cyprus Mail February 28th 2020
https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/02/28/our- ... next-year/

[Kili01]

I think that ToTK Rd should be policed as soon as people working in Paphos cease work. Both undertaking and driving at excessive speed are quite common, as is jumping the traffic lights on red, The lights near DT’s are particularly bad for this as previously posted.

Only huge fines or the use of cameras will work I think to deter these dangerous drivers.
Dee

[mike strand2]

Man Jailed for 5 months

A 24-year-old man was on Tuesday sentenced to five months in jail for reckless driving and driving without a license and registration plates by the Famagusta district.

He also had his license revoked for six months for traffic offences which occurred in June 2019.

The court upheld suspended sentences for three similar offences against the young man with the sentence totalling 150 days in jail.

[WHL]

These sentences show that the authorities are getting serious at last, well done all involved