Last Tuesday, January 9, a second so-called "enforcement trailer" for speed monitoring was delivered to the public order office. Just one day later, the device worth around 137,000 euros is already in use. "The public order office is thus complying with a resolution passed by the city council, which made the purchase of this monitoring device possible," explains Paul-Gerhard Weiß, Head of Public Order at the City of Offenbach. Frank Weber, Head of the Public Order Office, adds: "Adapted speeds promote road safety and improve the quality of life in our city. Mobile and stationary speed measurement systems contribute to this, as does the new trailer."
The two trailers can now be used at eleven police-approved locations in the city. Thanks to their high battery power, the measuring devices can remain in one location for up to ten days without having to be operated or monitored by city employees. This allows the public order office to significantly reduce its personnel deployment while at the same time increasing road safety. A total of two enforcement trailers, three measuring vehicles with the appropriate technology and seven stationary traffic monitoring systems are now available.
From next week, many schoolchildren will be out and about again, even in the mornings when it is still dark. At the end of the Christmas vacations, the public order office asks all road users to pay particular attention on the roads and appeals to them to observe the speed limits.
Frank Weber, Head of the Public Order OfficeWe will again be stepping up speed checks around schools and penalizing those who exceed the speed limit. The following still applies: only those who are speeding will be flashed.