Speed ​​camera app

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Under Blitzer app refers to a software application ( English application software , briefly app ) on the known locations of stationary traffic monitoring systems , usually called " safety cameras " while driving a visible and / or audible.

functionality

Speed ​​camera apps work on the basis of GPS data from the cell phone, which gives them access to the location and speed of the vehicle. Since they know the locations of all fixed measuring systems at the same time, they warn the driver in good time so that they can brake and do not receive a flash. While the procedure is classified as quite reliable in the case of permanently installed measuring systems, the locations of mobile speed cameras can naturally not be displayed quite as reliably. Here the speed camera apps are dependent on reports from other users.

Legal situation in Germany

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Section 23 (1c) of the Road Traffic Regulations (StVO) stipulates a ban on using and carrying radar detectors : "Anyone whodrivesa vehicle may not operate or carry a technical device that is intended to indicate or disrupt trafficmonitoring measures. This applies in particular to devices for disrupting or displaying speed measurements (radar warning or laser jamming devices). "An infringement is subjectto a fine of 75 euros inaccordance with No. 247 of the Annex to theFines Catalog Ordinance (BKatV) and according to Annex 13 No. 3.2.15 of the FeV punishedwith a point in the driving license register (FAER).

The question of whether a smartphone carried by the driver is a technical device i. S. v. Section 23 (1c) sentence 1 of the StVO, which is intended to indicate or disrupt traffic surveillance measures, is controversial. The Higher Regional Court of Celle affirmed this in a decision of November 3, 2015 (file number 2 Ss (OWi) 313/15). Uwe Lenhart takes a different view in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on February 5, 2017.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Speed ​​camera apps make lawning possible without penalty . stern.de. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ Are speed camera apps prohibited?