50 new speed control cameras

The 50 new speed control radars, managed by the National Road Safety Authority (ANSR), will come into operation by the end of March.

By TPN/Lusa, in Portugal · 15 Jan 2022, 18:07 · 6 Comments

More than 23,000 speeding penalties recorded

The Secretary of State for Internal Administration, Patrícia Gaspar, tells Lusa: “Our goal is that by the end of the first quarter of this year we will have the new 50 operational radars”.

According to the Secretary of State, the contract for the installation of the National Speed Control System (SINCRO) has already been signed, and the process is currently being implemented.

This radar system, which will be installed in 50 locations, will join the first SINCRO that has existed in the country since 2016, with 110 speed checkpoints.

Patrícia Gaspar said that 30 of the 50 radars allow the detection of instantaneous speed and 20 are capable of calculating the average speed on a given route, which is a novelty in relation to the current SINCRO.

A 2020 decree authorized the National Road Safety Authority to spend around €1.6 million until 2022 for the installation and maintenance of the speed control radar system in the country.

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Comments

Bit by bit the sense of freedom one had living in Portugal is being steadily eroded as the state increases it's control of our lives.

By James from Algarve on 15 Jan 2022, 18:23

not enough, much more is needed.

By SS from Porto on 15 Jan 2022, 20:05

These are not speed control and public safety issues. These are extra revenue generating opportunities for governments of whichever political pursuasion.

By Ian from Algarve on 16 Jan 2022, 00:11

I agree with James. Ian is entirely correct. Driver education is the key and from what I have witnessed from single occupant driving school cars (presumably an instructor) I can see the problem. High on the agenda should be positioning and signalling. Portuguese direction signals seem to operate in past tense only and many drivers negociate junctions as if the were towing a 20 metre trailor. I won't get into mobile phoning or tailgating. Attitude, aggression and bullying should be the focus.

An ex police officer.

By Cliff from Beiras on 16 Jan 2022, 23:02

Driving is terrible here, but generally not because of excessive speed, though obviously is a factor sometimes. More a problem is the dangerous tailgating and using mobile phones whilst driving with the resulting weaving and wandering across the road at fluctuating speeds. The use of indicators and giving way at roundabouts would be nice too.

By Stephen Clarke from Other on 17 Jan 2022, 16:52

These measures are NOT about generating revenue or suppressing the public's freedom! If everyone obeys the rules, then the cameras will not generate any revenue. You don't have freedom to do what you like on the roads, as it calls into question other people's safety and rights as drivers.
Hence, it's not about revenue generation. Another crazy conspiracy theory from obsessed neurotics, similar to the anti-vaccination nonsense that's being spouted.

By Billy Bissett from Porto on 25 Jan 2022, 13:02