Speed Cameras in Operations

11 years, 7 months ago - 16 April 2013, The Défi Media Group
Speed Cameras in Operations
The measure gives them a cold sweat. A monitoring exercise carried out by the Traffic Management & Road Safety Unit (TMRSU) has wreaked havoc last Friday.

They are indeed many motorists have been flashed by twenty radar speed control (speed cameras) and the Ministry of Infrastructure is installed across the country.

Kishan Hazareesing borrowed the expressway leading to Vacoas and Jumbo shopping center in Phoenix. This Curepipien was flashed on two occasions by an installed along this road called "Sugar" camera. However, according to him, he was traveling at 50 km / h when the speed limit is 60 km / h.

Panicking, the driver wanted to record a statement to the post of Phoenix, but without success, he said. "The police told me not to let me know and I will have no ticket. But I am worried, "he tells the Daily Challenge.

The TMRSU wants to be reassuring.

He stressed that all motorists flashed this Friday, by twenty radar traffic enforcement will not be prosecuted. "On Friday morning, says Dev NATTOO, Principal Engineer of TMRSU the company Proguard, together with TMRSU and the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, conducting a verification exercise. Said cameras were not in operation. At the completion of installation, our roads will feature a fifty 'speed cameras'.

They will be installed everywhere, including at Trianon roundabout St-Jean, Phoenix, St. Paul Road, Flic-en-Flac, Medina and Red Earth. The objective is to enforce speed limits and reduce the number of accidents. Most fatalities are related to speeding and driving while intoxicated, "says our interlocutor. He added, "when surveillance radar come into operation, the Department will notify motorists through a press. So those who were flashed Friday really not have to worry. "