It can feel random, sometimes annoying. But the police often have good reasons for stopping motorists around the Danish roads.
You probably know it well. Sometimes you just wish the police would see the car, the one with the leaf spring in front is out for the day.
And sometimes law enforcement actually does. From inside the patrol cars, however, the officers are also looking for something very special. It can be behavior and/or the condition of the car.
That's what the Central and West Zealand Police said when they stopped a 19-year-old man in an otherwise anonymous-looking Honda in Holbæk town centre.
At least ten times, the police say, the driver gassed up in such a way that what followed produced a loud bang from the exhaust. And you shouldn't. If you do it anyway, according to the traffic law it is 'unnecessary noise'.
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And that kind of thing is not allowed. If you do it anyway, the police will find the section in the traffic law that prohibits unnecessary rowing and noise. After that, a fine of DKK 2,500 awaits.
This is what the police circle writes in a post on Facebook . In the same posting, the police also list several misdemeanors that the officers keep an eye on and which draw a fine.
– The choir makes loud unnecessary noises
– (The corps) does unnecessary wheel spin
– (You) Use the horn inappropriately
– (You) unnecessarily "gas up" in neutral.
However, drivers who pull a burner or unnecessarily accelerate in neutral are not the only thing the police keep an eye on.
On Funen, the police recently asked for one of the cars from the municipal home care in Odense to be handed over.
Among other things, cocaine was found in the car, which is used by the municipality's so-called night group employees. And then a drug dog was put on the case. Read more about it here .
Read more about the traffic police's work on Danish roads right here!
