Tuesday, January 14
The camera never sleeps
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
The camera never sleeps. Within the first minute of turning on Kyiv’s new speed camera system, just after midnight Monday morning, the first speeder was snapped in the act. Seventeen hours later, the cameras had recorded 35,762 violations. Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov reports the speed champions were: the driver of a Mercedes clocked moving around the city at 208 kph (120 mph), and the driver of a BMW who sailed through three cameras at 200 kph (124 mph). Drivers get fines by email and mail, with QR codes linked to mini videos showing their cars breaking the speed limit. On the second day, the number of violators dropped by 40%, reports Deputy Interior Affairs Minister Anton Gerashchenko.
