Parked incorrectly or driving too fast: In the first half of the year, the three largest Saxon cities recorded significantly higher income from traffic offenders. The situation is similar on the freeways. The plus in the coffers has one reason above all.
Dresden (dpa/sn) - Traffic offenders flushed significantly more money into the coffers of the three largest Saxon cities and the state administration in the first half of 2022 than in the same period last year. According to the authorities, the reason for this is the new catalog of fines and more traffic violations reported in the cities. In Leipzig, the total revenue by the end of June was around 9.34 million euros, according to a city spokesman. That is around 4.25 million euros more than in the first six months of 2021.
The administrative offenses were, for example, parking and speed violations or accidents. According to the city alone, drivers who stopped or parked their car incorrectly earned around 5.79 million euros (2021: around 3.14 million).
The situation is similar in the city of Dresden. There, revenue almost doubled to around 4.77 million euros in the first six months of 2022 (2021: around 2.43 million euros), as a spokeswoman explained. During this period, 129,112 administrative offenses were also reported - an increase of more than 38,300 compared to 2021.
According to a spokeswoman, the city of Chemnitz received around 4.59 million euros in cash by the end of June this year, almost twice as much as in the same period last year. "The increase in income is mainly due to the increase in warning and fine amounts, but also from the use of modern technology/measuring devices, especially in the area of mobile speed controls". The increase in fines should benefit the budget of the respective cities.
According to the Saxony State Directorate, revenue on the Saxon federal motorways rose by around a third in the first half of the year from 2.34 million (2021) to 3.24 million euros. As a result, there were no more frequent checks and the number of administrative offenses even fell slightly.
A new catalog of fines came into force in November last year: Since then, traffic offenders have had to pay higher fines if they are caught. For example, if you drive 16 to 20 kilometers per hour too fast in town and are caught, you pay 70 euros instead of 35 euros as before.
