In The Swiss Municipality of Birsfelden, Fines Have Been Issued Since Last Month To Road Users Who Are In The Municipality for Less Than Fifteen Minutes. With This, The Municipal Government Wants To Reduce Through Traffic. In The Meantime, So Many Fines Are Being Sent That The Municipality Has deployed Extra Personnel.
In Birsfelden, Cameras Have Been in Place in Certain Neighborhoods Since September 1. This Monitors The Traffic Flow. Complaints had Been Received about congestion due to through traffic.
Birsfelden is locationed between Basel and the Rhine. Traffic from Germany Can Cut Off Part of the Through Route Via The Municipality, For Example When There Is Congestion On The A3 Motorway. Anyone who does this and is therefore only briefly in Birsfelden can Expect a fine of 100 swiss francs (107 euros).
Accordance to the Newspaper Blick , The Municipality of Birsfelden had expected around Fifteen Traffic Fines per day. But Since the Camera System was Put Into Use in mid-September, The Average Has Been a Thousand Fines per day. This has already Yielded the Municipality at Least 1.5 Million Francs, Reports The News Site Online Reports .
The Municipality of Birsfelden Reports in a Statement That It Has had to deploy extra personnel to process all the fines. The Municipal Government Understands That It is Tempting To Look for a Shorter Route, Especiate Given the Congestion Towards Germany. But the Municipality Urges Motorists to Adhere to the New Rules.