Blitz marathon 2025: Police crawl hard for frenzy!

Blitz marathon 2025: Police crawl hard for frenzy!

As part of the traffic safety strategy, the police authorities carry out increased speed controls this week to stop speeders and increase traffic safety. The initiative, which is entitled "Blitzer Marathon", involves several federal states, including Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Hamburg. A total of 14 out of 16 federal states are part of this action week, with the Saarland and Berlin not participating.

The focus of the controls is close to kindergartens, schools, hospitals and construction sites. In Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, the reviews take place throughout the week, while Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Hamburg concentrate on the main day, April 9. According to the Federal Statistical Office, there were 2,780 traffic fatalities in 2024, with excessive speed being a central cause. In the event of violations of the speed rules, fines, points in Flensburg and driving bans. The Niedersachsen union emphasizes the prevention character of the speed camera marathon and emphasizes that the punishments for racers and false parkers have been increased since November 2021.

24-hour flash marathon

On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, a 24-hour speedmail marathon takes place, which is part of the European speed camera marathon organized by the Roadpol police network. This campaign, also known as "Roadpol Operation Speed", has the goal of sharpening the awareness of speed overruns in road traffic and capturing speed. Many federal states, including Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Thuringia and Hesse, carry out intensive controls, whereby in Lower Saxony and Saxony is checked without any special priorities.

Participation in this campaign is usually high, while participation in autumn is often lower, as the example of Bavaria shows in August 2024. In some federal states, the locations of traffic controls will be announced in advance, but not in others. In Hesse, for example, the focus of the controls on April 9th ​​between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. is planned. Extensive controls are also planned in Thuringia, especially on the same day. In the case of speed violations, fines from 80 euros and points in Flensburg are expected at exceeding more than 20 km/h, and repeated violations can lead to driving bans, such as auto motor and sport reported. The police in Schleswig-Holstein imposed more than 540,000 warning money in 2024, which represents an increase of over 100,000 cases compared to the previous year. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, almost 800 speed violations were found on April 1 alone.