The government will ban notification of traffic controls. Frp is against – NRK Norway – Overview of news from various parts of the country

The government announces several measures to reduce the death toll in traffic:

• Impound vehicles from illegal drivers
• Stricter mobile rules
• More controls
• Possible ban on notification of controls

However, many Norwegians pay for notification of traffic controls. The company Safedrive alone has over 100,000 users. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre says he wants to put an end to such services, when he attended a police inspection this week:

– These controls are traffic prevention. It makes no sense to have an arrangement that allows you to avoid it.

Evades control

The emergency police check several hundred thousand drivers every year. The UP manager says the automatic notifications make their job more difficult:

– Firstly, we have a suspicion that those who acquire such are those who want to avoid police checks. Secondly, there is an element of injustice in it. There must be equality before the law.

I think the notifications are good

The Progress Party’s Morten Stordalen believes, on the contrary, that the warnings are good for traffic safety:

– After all, these alerts warn of something that the Norwegian Road Administration itself cannot manage. It is whether there are animals in the roadway or whether there are vehicles standing in the roadway.

At the same time, he believes there is no indication that drivers who have such warning technology are any more dangerous in traffic.

The government has announced the possible ban in the National Transport Plan. In a consultation response to the Storting, Safedrive argues that the service they provide increases road safety:

– Many of our users themselves say that they drive more legally, and become more aware of their own speed and driving when they are reminded of animals, obstacles and controls.

Far from the zero vision

Zero killed in traffic.

That is the ambitious goal the politicians have set and which must be reached by 2050. As early as 2030, there will be a maximum of 50 people killed each year. Last year, 113 people were killed in Norway. After a dip during the pandemic, the death toll has increased in the last two years.

Also in the past, a ban on notification of traffic controls has been discussed.

The government has now established one working group which will propose concrete tightening of the regulations to prohibit such notification services. One of the tasks is to assess the legal basis for such a ban.

When and if there will be a ban is still uncertain.