The general speed level does not require speed cameras in the E39 Lyshorn tunnel. But behind the average figures hides a good deal of really ugly rough driving.
The Lyshorn tunnel seen from the Os side. The picture was taken in May this year. Photo: Ørjan TorheimPublished: Published:
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At 278 km/h, a car travels just over 77 meters in one second. A kilometer goes by in just under 13 seconds.
A car with this speed has been registered in the E39 Lyshorn tunnel between Bergen and Os, the Swedish Road Administration confirms to BT. A registration point has been set up in the tunnel to check the speed level over time.
124 per week at 141 km/h or more
BT wrote on Wednesday about the big figures from the registration. They currently do not indicate that photo booths will be set up in the tunnel.
It is the case that the average speed level, spread over a few million passes, is not so high that per now qualify for automatic traffic control (ATK).
Speed is recorded at this point in the E39 Lyshorn tunnel. Photo: Norwegian Public Roads Administration (archive)
BT has asked the Swedish Road Administration for closer inspection of the figures and found out more. The facts in the points below come from senior engineer Christer Taule Kjerrgård in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.
The figures apply to both tunnel runs together, i.e. both north and south:
The highest speed recorded is 278 km/h. It concerned a car that was registered in the autumn, sometime between 1 September and now. For reasons of privacy, the Swedish Road Administration cannot provide more specific information about the day and time of individual passes. The record of 278 km/h is also the highest recorded during the entire measurement period, which started this summer. On an average week in autumn, there were 124 passes in 141km /t or higher.
The last point means that well over a thousand motorists would have lost their ticket in the 100 zone that is on the spot – if these speeds had been measured by the police or a speed camera. The entry point for driving license confiscation in the 100 zone is 141 km/h.
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But no one is caught by the Swedish Road Administration’s speedometer. It is only a system that measures the speed of everyone traveling in the tunnel, and it has no camera connected to it.
The data must be used in the assessment of whether to set up photo booths.
Motorcycles are not registered, and any emergency vehicles are also included in the figures. Around two million vehicles in both directions have been measured so far.
First and last time
In an email from Kjerrgård in the Swedish Road Administration, he points out the following:
They are not going to go out with the highest speed rating several times for this tunnel.
The reason must be that it could create a form of life-threatening competition between rough riders.
Traffic safety director Guro Ranes in the Norwegian Road Administration says they will continue to monitor the speed level in the new E39 tunnel, because they see that many people are driving too fast.
She does not rule out the possibility of using speed cameras in the Lyshorn tunnel, even if the speed requirement should not apply.
– Some drive extremely fast, and it is incredibly dangerous. Maybe we have to look at the criteria for speed cameras, says Ranes.
She says this about the top record of 278 km/h:
– It is extreme speed and completely irresponsible and unacceptable behaviour. You expose yourself and not least others to great danger.
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Published: November 30, 2023 10:52 am
Updated: 30 November 2023 11:48
2023-11-30 09:52:58
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