In addition to penalising traffic offences, the focus is primarily on a preventative approach. Officers will increasingly seek to engage with road users, provide information on existing regulations and promote considerate behaviour amongst all road users.
Checks on stationary vehicles will focus in particular on ensuring that pavements, cycle paths and cycle lanes, pedestrian crossings and kerb ramps, junction and road junction areas, and fire brigade access routes are kept clear, as well as ensuring that emergency access routes and disabled parking spaces are available.
Checks on moving traffic will take place at the following locations:
| Checkpoint | Reason |
|---|---|
| Oberfrohnaer Straße (S 244) near the BAB 4 | Accident blackspot |
| Annaberger Straße near the Südring | Roadworks area with two-way traffic |
| Südring near Annaberger Straße (southbound slip road) | Roadworks area |
| Chemnitztalstraße 18 | Accident blackspot |
| Neefestraße near the BAB 72 | Accident blackspot |
| Reichenhainer Straße | Cycle route |
The measures aim to improve road safety through a sustainable preventive effect. In particular, they are designed to prevent road accidents, minimise the consequences of accidents and protect particularly vulnerable road users.
The checks also support the so-called ‘Vision Zero’. This is the nationwide guiding principle of transport policy, which aims to ensure that, in the long term, there are no more fatalities or serious injuries on the roads. Consistent and sustainable traffic monitoring is a key component of this.
Speed checks serve primarily to improve road safety. They are intended to encourage road users to adhere to the legal speed limits and
thereby help to reduce the risk of accidents.
Background
The campaign day, initiated by the German Road Safety Council (DVR) in 2005, takes place annually on the third Saturday in June – with the aim of raising awareness of road safety through information and education initiatives, checks and various hands-on activities.