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Speeding fines can only be levied by the municipality in which the violation took place. That's exactly one entity. What you didn't mention is that (since remo

Speeding fines can only be levied by the municipality in which the violation took place. That's exactly one entity. What you didn't mention is that (since removed) 15 M€ speeding trap was located on a downhill stretch with a high risk of traffic jams and not only placed for revenue. German speeding fines are minuscule in international comparison. Just try "casually speeding" 20 km/h in any neighboring country. Speeding is a German national sport leading to a vicious circle of decreasing limits even further.

mschuster91 9y ago
> Speeding fines can only be levied by the municipality in which the violation took place. That's exactly one entity. No, it's two entities at the least in urban areas: the police and the municipality. > German speeding fines are minuscule in international comparison. Yes, which makes people speed in higher amounts and only because of this the system of traps bringing in 15M+€ actually works - yes you get the occasional dumb moron with 50+ km/h, but the most part is netted by the small fish speeding 10-20 km/h.