Blitz marathon 2025: Police demands higher penalties for rich!

Blitz marathon 2025: Police demands higher penalties for rich!

In Germany, there is a speed camera marathon this week, which will be carried out in 14 out of 16 federal states. This measure aims to increase traffic safety and to sensitize the population to the dangers of speed overruns. The deputy federal chairman of the police union (GdP), Sven Hüber, demands income -dependent fines for traffic offenders. The aim of this requirement is to make the punishments more fairly, especially for wealthier perpetrators who may afford higher funds without learning to adhere to the traffic rules. Hüber not only demands for overrun speeds, but also for other traffic offenses.

This week the speed controls take place as part of a 24-hour speedmail marathon, which begins on April 9, 2025. This is an action organized by the European Police Network Roadpol. According to Auto Motor und Sport intensively checked on this day between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., especially in federal countries such as Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse.

preventive measures for hazard protection

The police not only pursue the mere measurement of speed overruns with the speed camera marathon, but above all want to improve people's driving behavior in the long term. Hüber emphasizes that the action serves as a preventive measure for danger defense. In the previous year, 2,780 people died due to traffic accidents in Germany, and often excessive speed was a decisive factor.

Preparations for the speed camera marathon stipulate that many federal states announce the locations of the controls in advance, while others do not do so. In Lower Saxony and Saxony, however, it is also checked throughout the week without a special focus on the speed camera marathon. Higher speeds can be found in rural areas, which underpins the need more intensive controls. Introductions of uniform fines have already led to discussions in the past.

controversy and challenges

Despite the positive intentions of the speed camera marathon, there are critical voices within the police. Thorsten Schleheider, GdP state vice in Berlin, describes the campaign as a "show use" and questions the sustainability of the measures. Instead, he demands a steady police presence to effectively reduce speeders and accidents. A particularly remarkable point is the participation of Brandenburg, which focuses on its controls on Allenstrasse outside of closed towns. Berlin and Saarland, on the other hand, do not take part in the speed camera marathon.

The ADAC supports the speedster marathon campaign weeks as an important contribution to traffic safety. The growing number of traffic accidents endangers not only the drivers, but also pedestrians and other road users. The speed camera marathon should raise awareness of the dangers of fast driving and help to adapt the pace of the vehicles to the conditions on the streets.

The idea of ​​the staggered fines is not new. Already in 2016 she was addressed by Lower Saxony's then Minister of the Interior Boris Pistorius. Such measures have already been established in countries such as Finland, Holland and Switzerland. An effective implementation could help to change driving behavior in Germany sustainably. The European Statistics Service Eurostat provides further relevant information on the traffic safety data.