Hanover collects more millions from fines
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Speed cameras fill the city coffers: Hanover collects additional millions from fines
Secure source of income: The speed cameras in Hanover, like here on the Westschnellweg in Linden, bring the city additional millions.
© Source: Martin Steiner
Hanover. The financial situation of the city of Hanover is dramatic. The town hall is planning tough interventions in voluntary services. The city administration has put together a savings and consolidation package worth 121 million euros. The town hall is also counting on increasing income, for example by raising the property tax.
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And additional income also comes from traffic offenders. So far this year, the city of Hanover has taken in almost 10 million euros. That is around 3.5 million euros more than from January to September of the year. In the case of the Hanover region, income in the first nine months even increased rapidly compared to the same period of the previous year: from a little more than 2 million to 3.8 million euros.
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Speeding is twice as expensive
The reason for the increase is the new catalog of fines, which has been in effect since November 9, 2021. If you drive too fast in town or park on footpaths or cycle paths, you have to pay more. For example, if you drive 16 to 20 km/h too fast and are flashed, you pay 70 euros instead of 35 euros as before. It gets even more expensive when drivers race through the city at 91 km/h instead of the permitted 50 km/h. You pay 400 instead of 200 euros as before. Therefore, drivers now have to expect four times the amount if they park on sidewalks and cycle paths – a fine of up to 100 euros is threatened. In order to take action against the scene of car posers, loud roaring of the engines and useless driving back and forth has been punished with up to 100 euros instead of 20 since November last year.
In contrast to the income, the number of fines and warnings has increased only minimally in the first nine months. The city of Hanover recorded 2,000 more cases, a total of almost 240,500 so far.
Additional income flows into the general budget
The city of Hanover did not want to rate the higher income on request. City spokesman Udo Möller refers to the nationwide validity of the catalog of fines. It is still unclear whether the increase in warning fees will affect the behavior of road users; a longer period of time must first be considered. According to Möller, the revenue from the fines is not earmarked, it goes into the general budget.
By Mathias Klein