Wednesday, May 21, 2025

67 percent of Danes want more speed control

More camera cars, more speed enforcement. That's what 67 percent of Danes want. This is shown by a new survey from the Danish Road Safety Council.

According to a recently published survey from the Danish Road Safety Council, 67 percent of Danes believe that increasing speed limits is either a good or a very good idea.

The fact that the Danes have this attitude does not exactly surprise the Director of the Danish Road Safety Council, Jakob Boving Arendt.

– It doesn't surprise me. I think it's an expression that Danes want to be safe and secure from A to B, and here speed control is a really important element, he tells DR .

It is common knowledge that few people want to receive a speeding ticket. However, the survey indicates that a majority of Danes see value in increased speed enforcement as a means of improving road safety.

An attitude that, according to DR, reflects a potential concern about the impact of speed on the risk of accidents.

The Danish Road Safety Council has collected data through the survey that shows that a significant portion of the Danish population supports increased speed control.

However, it is relevant to note that various factors can influence attitudes towards speed control, including personal experiences, perceptions of road safety and views on individual responsibility in traffic.

Not everyone thinks that more speed checks and bans make roads safer. In Norway, for example, the police are very opposed to spending more time on speed checks.

Just as it doesn't make sense to increase speed limits in the country by a full 40 percent, the government still insists that things like traffic alarms should be banned. Read more about it here.

If Norway passes the ban, it will not be the first country where traffic alarms and warning of police presence become illegal.

The German police already banned all use of traffic alarms in 2020. Here in Denmark, traffic alarms are not illegal, but it is illegal to use radars that can intercept police laser measurements.

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