One in 15 bikers fined for not wearing a helmet

About 1 successful 15 motorcyclists stopped during Easter week traffic constabulary checks was fined for not wearing a clang helmet, authorities said Tuesday amid continued implementation of an unprecedented roadworthy information drive.

Police said much than 15,300 motorcycles and e-scooters were stopped and 1,070 radical were fined – 996 drivers and 76 passengers. Out of the drivers, ten were transportation riders.

Most of the violations were recorded successful the Greater Athens portion – 434 – followed by the administrative portion of western Greece, and Crete. Northern Greece appeared connected the whole much law-abiding, with lone 68 fines issued successful Thessaloniki and 4 successful Western Macedonia.

Over the past fewer months, constabulary person not lone launched but besides kept up the strictest roadworthy information run successful decades, focusing connected drink-driving, moving reddish lights, nonaccomplishment to wear spot belts oregon helmets and talking connected the telephone while driving. 

That’s successful operation with a authorities overhaul of the road codification that provides for overmuch harsher fines and penalties. First-time offenders caught without clang helmets are fined €350 and suffer their driving licenses for a month, while some fines and penalties emergence for repetition offenses.