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The PRF is using advanced technology to fine drivers on federal highways, with fines reaching R$293,47. Find out how this technology works and what to avoid to avoid being penalized!
The new radars, which can fine drivers up to 100 meters away, are already changing the way we monitor traffic. Brazilian highways. In recent months, the Federal Highway Police (PRF) has been using drones to monitor and penalize infractions.
New technology can identify drivers who use the cellphone when driving, they do not use seat belts or perform illegal overtaking, bringing more rigor and precision to inspection on the roads.
The Federal Highway Police (PRF) of Minas Gerais recently shared on its Instagram account a video showing inspections on BR-262 carried out using a drone.
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These drones, deployed at the end of August, are already operating in Minas Gerais and Santa Catarina, providing what the PRF describes as a “more effective and discreet aerial surveillance”.
Where are PRF drones operating?
In Minas Gerais, drones are operating on BR-262, especially in the Araxá section, in the Triângulo Mineiro region. In Santa Catarina, the technology has been implemented on BR-282, known as Via Expressa, and on BR-101, in areas of the metropolitan region of Florianópolis, including cities such as São José and Palhoça. These highways are strategic points due to the heavy flow of vehicles and the high rate of infractions.
The drones are equipped with cameras that have a zoom of up to seven times, allowing a detailed view of the infractions at altitudes between 10 and 20 meters.
This strategic height allows police officers to monitor more broadly and accurately, without drivers noticing the presence of drones, which reduces the chance of inappropriate behavior being corrected simply by seeing the vehicle.
What infractions are targeted by drone inspections?
The main focuses of drone surveillance include:
Traffic violations related to not wearing a seatbelt, using a cell phone while driving and trucks driving in the left lane are clearly defined in the Brazilian Traffic Code (CTB), each with their respective penalties.
1. Lack of seat belt:
- Infringement: Failure to wear a seat belt.
- Classificação: Serious.
- Penalty:
- Traffic ticket: £ 195,23.
- Points on the driver's license: 5 points.
- Observation: The mandatory use of seat belts applies to all vehicle occupants
2. Using a cell phone while driving:
- Infringement: Driving while using a cell phone.
- Classificação: Very serious.
- Penalty:
- Traffic ticket: £ 293,47.
- Points on the driver's license: 7 points.
- Observation: The infraction is characterized when the driver is caught holding or handling the cell phone while driving. Even the use of headphones connected to the cell phone is considered an infraction.
3. Trucks in the left lane:
- Infringement: Driving a truck in the left lane on multi-lane roads.
- Classificação: Average.
- Penalty:
- Traffic ticket: £ 130,16.
- Points on the driver's license: 4 points.
Is drone surveillance permitted by law?
A common question is whether the use of drones for surveillance is permitted by Brazilian law. The answer is yes. Resolution 909 of the National Traffic Council (Contran)) authorizes inspection and citation through video monitoring, as long as the location is properly signposted.
Warning signs are mandatory to inform drivers that the road is subject to video monitoring, ensuring transparency and compliance with the law.
However, there are some restrictions. On single-lane highways with many curves, stretches under construction or places without shoulders, the use of patrol cars for inspection may become unfeasible. In these situations, the PRF adopts alternatives that guarantee the safety of drivers and the efficiency of inspection.
With the use of drones and long-range radars, the monitoring of Brazilian highways is undergoing a true revolution through the PRF. The new technology, already in operation in Minas Gerais and Santa Catarina, promises to reduce violations and bring more safety to those who travel on the country's roads.
Wouldn't it be better to ban everyone from driving? It would be much easier, better than inventing laws to get money out of people, or do you think people are ****.
An interesting detail. You can raise money with videos. But you can't convict a ****... This Brazil is pure irony.
This Brazil is unfortunately a joke, you said it all in a few words
But doubling the highways with heavy traffic and which cause fatalities almost every day, Oh, that's not possible for me. That would be essential, it would save many lives, like on BR 262, both in Minas Gerais and MS, which connects Três Lagoas to the capital Campo Grande. Detail with the start of Suzano's activities in Ribas do Rio Pardo, which today is the largest pulp and paper factory in the world. The traffic, which was already intense, has now gotten even worse with the hundreds of timber trucks, and they are all Tri-Trains.
OH BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT, THERE'S NEVER ANY MONEY, RIGHT?
supervision is necessary, yes, but there are more important things to save lives
This is my opinion
Oh, go and take a look at this 262 and also take the opportunity to see the BR 153 on the stretch from Fronteira to the city of Prata MG. And do me a favor and do a survey of how many accidents and fatalities have happened in recent years on these stretches of highways that I mentioned. You'll be shocked.
Now how much they spend on radars and cameras and now drones
There is plenty of money for this because the amount of cameras and radars is absurd, because this is not cheap, I think it is necessary to have them but it is an exaggeration.