Growing tourism, as well as better enforcement of speed limits in the Capital Region, has caused a 50% increase in the number of speeding tickets issued during the first 11 months of 2016, compared to the same period in 2014. Most of the increase is due to the growing number of tourists, the local newspaper Morgunblaðið reports.
Police in South Iceland has seen an especially dramatic increase in speeding tickets. Most of the speeding motorists have been foreign travellers, according to data from Police in South Iceland Morgunblaðið reports. Only 35% of tickets have been issued to local drivers, while 65% have been issued to foreign motorists. Out of the 1,901 tickets issued in the first 10 months of 2016, 1,239 were issued to foreign travellers, 659 to Icelandic drivers.
Growing tourism, as well as better enforcement of speed limits in the Capital Region, has caused a 50% increase in the number of speeding tickets issued during the first 11 months of 2016, compared to the same period in 2014. Most of the increase is due to the growing number of tourists, the local newspaper Morgunblaðið reports.
Police in South Iceland has seen an especially dramatic increase in speeding tickets. Most of the speeding motorists have been foreign travellers, according to data from Police in South Iceland Morgunblaðið reports. Only 35% of tickets have been issued to local drivers, while 65% have been issued to foreign motorists. Out of the 1,901 tickets issued in the first 10 months of 2016, 1,239 were issued to foreign travellers, 659 to Icelandic drivers.
