Watch your speed! New smart radars installed on one of Romania’s busiest roads

The Romanian Police has installed a new traffic monitoring system on DN1 which can track and calculate the vehicle’s average speed on the entire road section they cover. DN1 is one of the busiest roads in Romania, especially in weekends and holidays, as it links the capital Bucharest to mountain resorts in the Prahova Valley and Brasov county. Following the installation of the new system, the drivers can forget about their little tricks such as increasing the speed on the road sections where there are no cameras and returning to the normal limits when they see a speed radar. The new cameras will take into account the time in which the driver covers the distance between them and calculate the average speed at which they are going, reports Autoexpert.ro. The computer divides the images captured by the cameras set in several places along the way and determines the vehicle’s actual speed based on how fast the car goes from one area to another. The soft can also detect other violations of the traffic rules, such as overtaking on a continuous line. The exact number of new speed cameras installed on the DN1 was not officially communicated, but it is estimated that 59 such devices are already in place. In the future, the number could increase to one camera per five kilometers on the road section between Bucharest and Azuga mountain resort. The project is still in the testing period. The speed limit on DN1 is 100 kilometers per hour outside the towns and villages, and 70 kilometers per hour in most villages. Alternatively, drivers can take the A3 highway from Bucharest to Ploiesti, on which the speed limit is 130 km/h, but this route is a bit longer. New traffic law may bring penalties for the aggressive drivers in Romania Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com