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The Government expects the security forces to collect, throughout 2021, a value of the order of 93 million euros in traffic fines. The newspaper Público highlights this Wednesday that the value corresponds to about 58 times the estimated income (1.6%) for the 2020 budget, that is, an increase of more than 5,500%.
And it’s not just traffic tickets that are predicting a stratospheric rise in values. They will also increase, the Government expects, the fees to be charged in the notarial registries (+ 251.4%), the property registry (+ 258%), the civil registry (+ 197%) and the commercial registry (+ 215 %).
Altogether, the State Budget plans to collect 3,175 million euros in fees, fines and other penalties. Which, according to Public accounts, corresponds to an increase of 826.7 million euros, or 35.2%, with respect to the estimated income for the current year (2,348 million). Four fifths of the increase is explained by the anticipated increase in tax revenues and the remaining 20% is related to fines.
Another example is the forecast that the State will receive 646% more interest on arrears, going from 7.9 million to 51.2 million in 2021. On the other hand, a lower collection is expected in matters such as tuition fees, moderate rates, fees for inspection of industrial and commercial activities and fees for metrological and quality control.
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Starting next year, there will be radars to measure the average speed between one point and another on a given route. As reported by the Jornal de Notícias, the National Road Safety Authority will proceed, at the end of this year, with the purchase of 30 radars, 10 of which will have the particularity of measuring not only the speed at which drivers go when passing through the device. but also, the average speed at which the vehicles traveled a certain route.
The president of the National Highway Safety Authority (ANSR) admits that the first are already in operation in 2021, although the acquisition process involves an international tender that is not yet closed. For road safety experts, this type of camera is the most effective tool against speeding. These are 10 radars of this type, which will be added to the 40 current instantaneous measurement radars that currently exist on the roads, and which will be placed in 20 different locations. “Ten will be permanently active and another 10 will be on standby,” explains ANSR.
In other words, drivers will be informed of the approach of a controlled speed zone, but they will not be sure if the radar is active or not in these zones. If active, what the radar will do is record the speed at which the vehicle entered the section and then the speed at which it left when it exited the section. If you have covered the distance in less time than the minimum required to comply with the speed limit, then it is considered that you have exceeded the speed limit allowed by law and the fine process begins.
In 2021 there will be radars to measure the average speed between two locations
