A brand new radar in a spot the place virtually 9 out of ten drivers exceed the velocity restrict. | Video: Diary/Magdaléna Blažková
A brand new radar was added on the previous important street between Brno and Vienna. In response to the mayor of the village, who proposed its institution, drivers usually exceeded the velocity restrict within the complicated part. In a non-binding measurement, a few hundred thousand drivers handed the place, the overwhelming majority too quick. The quickest one on the territory of the village even reached a velocity of 165 kilometers per hour.
Bára Filipová, the editor of the Brno newspaper Rovnost, for instance, who comes from close by Sobotovice, confirmed that drivers usually drive quick on the complicated part of the hill in Ledce. “I would not even cross there. It is a busy street,” mentioned the lady.
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In response to Ledecky mayor Jiří Vondráček, it is a dangerous place as a result of the street is crossed by a motorcycle path and there’s a scrap steel assortment level. “On each side there are inhabited zones and two intersections with streets that join the village. So it is very tough to get on the market,” described Vondráček.
Earlier than putting in the radar, the administration of Ledcí had a non-binding measurement made on the web site. The quickest driving automobile right here reached a velocity of 165 kilometers per hour, a truck 126 kilometers per hour and a bike 115 kilometers per hour. “A couple of hundred thousand vehicles handed there throughout that measurement, and as much as eighty-five % of them exceeded the velocity restrict,” the mayor famous.
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Because the final Thursday of June, the radar has been on the Ledce crossroad bus cease on a route parallel to the D52 freeway. Previously a world street, it’s now a 3rd class street. “Individuals driving within the course of Pohořelice and the opposite approach round shorten their journey right here, if they do not need to pay tolls,” mentioned Vondráček.
There isn’t any transport division at Ledecka city corridor, subsequently any fines might be dealt with by the approved workplace in Židlochovice. Additionally they paid for the set up of the radar. “We initiated it based mostly on residents’ complaints, we had a variety of issues right here with them having the ability to flip or cross in any respect,” added the mayor of Ledecky.
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This summer season, along with the brand new radar, a site visitors closure can also be easing site visitors on the street working alongside the D52 freeway. Highway staff are repairing the street floor within the part from Sobotovice to the roundabout within the course of Rajhrad. The work will final till the tip of the vacations.
