Despite massive protests, Norway is making all speeding tickets 40 percent more expensive. At the same time, the government will ban traffic alarms.
Norwegians will now have even more money in their pockets if they press the accelerator too hard.
The country's government has decided to raise all speed bumps in the country by 40 percent. Last year, the same bumps were raised by five percent.
This happened after the fines had already been raised by 30 percent back in 2023. And even though the larger fines, according to the police, are having an impact on drivers, the government is still tightening its grip.
This is what NRK writes.
"We believe that the fines are so high now that it is not necessary to increase them to maintain the preventive or deterrent effect," says Runar Karlsen, head of the Norwegian Police Authority.
The police are very much against the higher speed limits
Last year, a report was published that showed that having visible police on the street has a much greater effect on traffic safety than having higher speed bumps.
– We believe that the tariffs are now so high that it is not necessary to increase the tariffs to maintain the preventive or deterrent effect of the fines.
"That's why we are against this proposal," says Director of the Norwegian Police Directorate, Runar Karlsen, to NRK.
But the prices continue to rise. Right now, for example, it costs 10,000 Norwegian kroner, equivalent to 6,500 Danish kroner, to be photographed with a handheld mobile phone.
In comparison, it costs 'only' 1,500 kroner plus a surcharge of 500 kroner and a fee for your driving license to do the same here in Denmark.
In Sweden, however, it is much cheaper. Talking on a handheld mobile costs only 1,500 Swedish kronor. This is equivalent to 1,000 Danish kronor.
At the same time, the Norwegian government has become increasingly angry about traffic alarms. Something the government believes thwarts the police's pursuit of motorists. Therefore, the government in Oslo also wants to ban the technology.
This is following the German example. In Germany, traffic alarms were already banned in May 2020. Read more about it here .
