In the Marne (51), privatized radar cars fined several motorists wrongly last October. Some roads in the department have recently changed speed limits and the speed camera software in question had not been updated to take this into account.
In recent months, between the multiple changes in speed limits and the proliferation of radars, some of which are not directly operated by the police, the “hiccups” seemed inevitable. And what had to happen happened Last October in the Marne department, several motorists were wrongly fined for speeding.
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A recent limit change
Since 1er October 2021 circulate in the department of Marne (51) radar cars whose driving is entrusted to a private company. Approved last June, the speed control devices that equip them have been set to “flash” above 80 km / h. But on July 2, the Departmental Council raised the limit from 80 to 90 km / h on several axes that it administers. Between the 1er and on October 14, several motorists checked in these areas at a speed between 81 and 90 km / h had the unpleasant surprise of receiving a report for speeding. The phenomenon has been traced back to the Prefecture, which announced on November 5 that it had identified and resolved the problem.
A software update in question
According to the Prefecture of the Marne, the software of the incriminated radars had simply not been updated to take into account the change in speed limit. ” A procedural error in the preliminary technical operations for calculating the base of the VLAs (authorized speed limit, editor’s note) is at the origin of a poor determination of the VLA (…) However, the update to the VLA database made on October 15, 2021 automatically fixed the problem. The sections measured at 90 km / h have been taken into account since this date », She assures. Motorists who have been wrongly fined must be directly informed of the cancellation of their ticket, and those who have already paid the fine must be reimbursed.
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Via The union
