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Even though the police are planning further automation of traffic monitoring, Estonia will not procure additional mobile speed traps.

A quarter of drivers would fit the criteria for penalty points under new plans to introduce a system to penalize dangerous and repeated traffic violations.

Lawyers hold different opinions about whether the law obliges drivers be informed about speed cameras via traffic sign. Members of the Riigikogu are trying to create legal clarity, meanwhile. Reform Party MP Toomas Kivimägi was a member of the committee which accepted the law on mobile speed cameras. Kivimägi told ERR that when voting for the law, he was told that adding the sign was mandatory. "If I had known it doesn't have to be there, it would've been understandable to save money and I wouldn't have voted for the draft legislation," Kivimägi said. "I think I'm not the only one who cons...

A Ministry of the Interior draft law would see the police not having to respond to traffic accidents going forward, even if the parties involved cannot reach an agreement. The law would have the vehicle owners to provide insurance for insurers themselves. If there is noone hurt in a traffic accident, but the vehicles are damaged, the people involved should decide on who is to blame for the incident. If there is no agreement, the police must be called. In 2019, Police and Border Guard (PPA) patrols responded to 15,010 calls for traffic accidents with property damage and misdemeanor proceedings...