PISTOIA – Increase, in some cases dramatic, in traffic violations.
Compared to 2022, we see a +75% forcell phone use while driving (passing by 168 sanctions in 2022 a 295 in 2023). It’s still: driving without seat belts (+28%, from 191 in 2022 a 244 in 2023), the circulation of vehicles without insurance (+21%, from 199 in 2022 a 242 in 2023), the violation of speed limits so they were raised approx 32,000 verbal.
Not only that: the fines for driving without a license they pass by 10 in 2022 a 39 in 2023 and the lack of vehicle inspection from 235 (2022) a 1,075 (2023). Instead, they decrease violations for crossing the intersection at a red light (3.143 sanctions in 2022 e 2,250 in 2023).
This morning in the Sala Maggiore of the Municipal Palace the Municipal Police of Pistoia celebrated 162 years since the foundation of the Corps. The ceremony opened with a report on the activities carried out by the Command during 2023.
The interventions carried out last year upon notification They were 6,273 (among the main reasons the request for control of illegal parking, disturbance of public peace and road obstructions for traffic).
Intense activity on the criminal front with a increase in crime reports transmitted to the Prosecutor’s Office. Most of the violations concern construction and environmental crimes. Since 2021 the Command has been equipped with a anti-drug dog unit, with the dog Yeti, who collaborates with the State Police, the Carabinieri, the Financial Police and the Penitentiary Police. The dog unit’s interventions in 2023 were 62 (17 in 2022).
