Over the past month, my son has had this deal brewing for a new used car, which lies at a town about 10 km north of Frankfurt. So us to reach this mountainous town, we have to ride upon one single road....roughly 18 km (24 minutes of a drive).
Along this one single route, are five separate blitz-cameras (traffic speed control cameras), with speed signs varying to 30, 50, 60, 80, and 90 kph. Number of speed changes in this 11.5 road? A minimum of 18 times.
It's the one single German road that I've come to hate with a passion because you have to pay continual attention to speed changes going from 60 kph to 80 kph, and back to 60 kph. Reason? Extreme curves, hidden oncoming traffic, and turn-offs.
At some point last year, some damage had been done to one of the camera devices (personal anger shown by some German), and they even put up extensive fencing to prevent you conducting damage on the camera.
Frustrated locals? I suspect if you asked folks about it.....more than three-quarters of people transiting the road are angry about the abundance of cameras. Money rolling in from the five cameras? It probably gets up into the 100,000 Euro range each week.
Now that they've turned off the point business for 30 kph or less over the speed limit....it's just a fine-payment system that affects the public.
Luckily for me....it's the last day I have to transit this road.....the kid picked up the new car, and I'll just cross off that road for all future traveling.
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