Iltalehti investigated the visitors habits of the Hämeenlinna route.
Iltalehti editor Leo Kirjonen and photographer Jani Koivukangas traveled from Helsinki to Tampere on a standard weekday Monday. On the best way, the visitors habits of the Hämeenlinna highway was investigated.
The journey was made in compliance with the velocity limits. Passers and passers-by have been recorded. The journey time on Monday afternoon was one hour and 52 minutes. Based on the Fintraffic highway visitors service, the visitors state of affairs was regular on the day of the take a look at, and in the course of the journey there was just one visitors jam brought on by a sheet metallic crash through which there have been no private accidents. The driving climate was summer season with a number of rain showers.
Typical personal overtaking conditions have been vans or different mixed automobiles. A complete of 40 passes have been amassed. Queues have been counted as one move.
However, there have been barely extra passers, 62.
Many of the overtaking conditions occurred at speeds of 100 km and 120 km/h. Throughout the journey, the vast majority of personal overtakes that ended up within the minutes got here at a velocity of 120 kilometers per hour.
Site visitors state of affairs on the day of driving in accordance with Fintrafici’s web site. Screenshot from web site. Fintrafic
Sluggish and regular wins the race
Many motorists appeared to keep away from the 120 km/h velocity. Superintendent Dennis Pasterstein of the Helsinki police thinks that there are numerous causes for leisurely driving.
– One cause could also be monetary causes. Everybody is aware of that as velocity will increase, consumption will increase.
Different causes are, for instance, noise that will get louder at larger speeds or just driving consolation.
– A part of the reason being journey consolation. There is no such thing as a rush for something and a few benefit from the journey, even when they drive for lots of. There are various causes.
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Chief Commissioner Dennis Pasterstein from the Helsinki Police Division photographed in January 2024. Matti Matikainen
In vernacular, underspeeding is never encountered on most important roads, in accordance with the chief inspector. He factors out that going beneath the velocity restrict just isn’t prohibited. Based on the chief inspector, those that drive slowly are fined “much less usually” and conditions are handled on a case-by-case foundation.
– In itself, driving underspeed just isn’t a punishable act, except it’s disruptive driving, says Pasterstein.
At larger speeds, the general visitors is slowed down by automobiles touring in visitors, whose velocity is proscribed to 80 kilometers per hour.
Fintrafici’s database exhibits that in the summertime of 2023, the typical velocity on Finland’s most important roads was 93.8 kilometers per hour. 45 p.c of automobiles driving on most important roads exceeded the highway velocity restrict, and 10 p.c of automobiles drove over 10 km/h.
Final winter, the typical velocity was 87.3 kilometers per hour. Of the automobiles driving on the principle roads, 51 p.c exceeded the highway velocity restrict, and 12 p.c drove greater than 10 km/h over the velocity restrict.
The typical velocity in 2023 elevated barely in comparison with the earlier yr, each in summer season and winter.
Speeds within the eighties vary
Based on Chief Commissioner Pasterstein, there are “fairly an enormous quantity” of minor rushing on most important roads. The quantity of overspeeding clearly varies in several areas
– (The variety of overspeeds) is determined by which velocity restrict space one strikes in, says Pasterstein.
– Principally, the state of affairs is that there’s hardly any overspeeding within the space of 100 km/h.
Based on Pasterstein, the vast majority of overspeeds are pushed in 80 km velocity restrict zones.
– Within the 80 vary, there are a major variety of small, lower than ten crossings.
Based on the superintendent, there’s not a lot rushing within the 120 km velocity restrict space.
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