Deadly misfortune: 19-year-old motorcyclist dies after truck collision

Deadly misfortune: 19-year-old motorcyclist dies after truck collision

With a tragic misfortune, Friday afternoon in Westhausen in the Ostalb district took its course. A 19-year-old motorcyclist lost his life after being involved in a traffic accident with a truck. According to tagesschau.de Truck driver ran over a red traffic light.

The striking fact: The truck driver stated that he had overlooked the traffic lights due to the dazzling sun. Despite an immediate braking, it was not enough to get to a standstill in time. When there was a collision, the young motorcyclist was thrown onto the road with full force and died at the scene of the accident. The driver of the truck, on the other hand, was unharmed.

red traffic lights and dangers in road traffic

This tragic Situation is also skillfully thrown into the dangers in road traffic, especially when it comes to red light violations. Driving over a red traffic light can not only result in high fines, but also have serious consequences for everyone involved. So the current fines catalog provides for Bussgeld-info.de that the punishments differ depending on the duration of the red light. A simple red light violation, in which the traffic light was less than a second to red, can be punished with a fine of 90 euros and a point in Flensburg.

Ernst, however, becomes a qualified red light violation: here 200 euros are fine, two points in Flensburg and even a month of driving ban. Especially beginners have to expect additional sanctions during the trial period. The run over a stop line can also have unsightly consequences, even if there was no danger. Here the fine is 10 euros.

sources of error in red light violations

Another dimension of the topic offer the measurement errors of red light flashes. Information on bussgeldportal.de show that the measurement may result in significant deviations that result in contestability. Inaccuracies in the rejection of the snot and a technique that is not properly set can lead to the faultiness of fines, which, according to a study, is the case in 56 %.