According to the 2022 finance bill, the state plans to install new radars to bring their number to 4,500 by the end of next year. But he also predicts that these will bring in less than in recent years. ZFE radars could however make their appearance.
In the middle of summer, the Court of Auditors published a very critical report on the costly proliferation of radars. She claimed that this policy had shown its limits in 2013, no longer allowing a spectacular reduction in road fatalities, according to statistics supplementing her study. This does not seem to have made the Government relent on the subject since the recently presented 2022 PLF (finance bill) provides for a further increase in the number of speed cameras over the next year. Fixed, movable, on-board, urban…, there will be something for everyone!
Radars and more …
From a little over 4,200 devices currently, the number of automatic speed cameras will increase to 4,500 by December 31, 2022 and will therefore approach the ceiling set at 4,700 devices. In addition, 800 “decoy” cabins will be regularly moved between different radars with removable cabs. Small-scale urban radars, for example, will multiply to reach 500 cabins, of which only 100 will have a real control system on board. ” The new urban radar will replace red light radars, but also fixed radars located in built-up areas or on secure routes, to then cover new locations. », Explains the Government. Autonomous radars, known as “site” radars, will increase to 400, as will radar cars, 223 of which will be entrusted to private operators. These will make their debut in the four regions where they do not yet circulate: Île-de-France, Occitanie, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Here is the breakdown of radars by type as provided for in the 2022 PLF:
- 800 non-discriminating fixed speed cameras
- 700 discriminating fixed radars (distinguishing between light vehicles and heavy goods vehicles)
- 1,000 turret radars in 1,400 cabins (400 movable decoys)
- 500 mobile radars that can be used on board or off board
- 400 radar cars including 223 outsourced
- 400 autonomous “worksite” radars
- 50 “section” radars
- 500 red light radars
- 100 urban radars in 500 cabins (400 movable decoys)
- 50 level crossing radars.
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… but declining revenue targets
Despite this heavy artillery, the Government is officially counting on revenue amounting to 714 million euros for automatic radars alone in 2022. For 2021, the State expected to collect 809 million euros thanks to these devices. He then counted on a return of circulation to normal after a year of health crisis. But new traffic restrictions linked to the pandemic (confinement, curfew, etc.) hampered these ambitions and, according to The echoes, the income of automatic speed cameras should not exceed 700 million euros for the current year. The executive has therefore revised its forecasts downwards. Its target for 2022 is even lower than the 760 million euros collected in 2019, while a number of devices had not yet been returned to service after the damage linked to the movement of yellow vests.
Radars for EPZs
By counting parking tickets and other traffic violations, the 2022 PLF provides for around 1.54 billion euros in revenue, ie 4.73% less than the target for 2021. This relatively low forecast, while the addition of equipment requires additional investment, seems to prove the Court of Auditors right. But a new windfall could arise via the establishment of EPZs. ” Particular attention will be paid to the mechanisms of the mobility orientation law with the introduction of automated control systems for low-emission mobility zones (ZFEm), lanes reserved in particular for carpooling or the on-the-fly weighing of heavy goods vehicles. , devices for which the ministry in charge of transport is the lead Can we read in the finance bill. This still has to go through several executive and legislative studies before reaching the 2022 budget.
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