This year, 25 people died in traffic accidents: Where are the radars on the black spots and how do you drive on our roads?

"Last year, we had 73 traffic fatalities in Montenegro, that's over 100 fatalities per million inhabitants, which is in the range of African countries. The average in EU countries last year was 46 per million inhabitants," Marković said.

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One of the accidents on Montenegrin roads, Photo: Printscreen/YouTube/TV Vijesti
One of the accidents on Montenegrin roads, Photo: Printscreen/YouTube/TV Vijesti
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Traffic accidents with a fatal outcome, drastic violations of traffic regulations at every step and inadequate policies, have led to an extremely critical situation in terms of security, traffic experts state for the umpteenth time.

"The agency for traffic safety, which would necessarily have to be formed, which is a state body that deals with traffic, traffic safety at the highest level, has not yet come to life," said traffic expert Igor Radojević.

The author of the show "Za volanom" Saša Marković says that the numbers warn...

"Last year, we had 73 traffic fatalities in Montenegro, that's over 100 fatalities per million inhabitants, which is in the range of African countries. The average in EU countries last year was 46 per million inhabitants. The discipline of drivers in Montenegro has weakened significantly. , if you stop at any intersection with traffic lights, you will see that people recklessly, without any hesitation, pass through a pure red light," said Marković.

If something is not done urgently, it will lead to an even worse scenario, warns Marković.

"We have to work on something called traffic safety management, where a group of eminent experts would gather to make the right decisions, the right strategy to combat all this, because this is really leading to a disaster," he stressed.

The authorities only made promises. For example, smart radars on the 72nd black spots on our roads, which would drastically improve safety.

"We expect that the tender will be announced by the end of the current year, and that the implementation of the complete project will be completed during the next year, 2018," according to the announcement of the Police Administration from 2017.

Television "Vijesti" did not receive an official answer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs today, to the question of whether the radars will finally be installed. Unofficially, we learn that there is a Decision on the working group for the realization of that project and that money has been secured for the 1st phase.

"Radars, speed control on all roads that are problematic, monitoring cameras for some conflict situations, is the best tool for a traffic expert to prove guilt. All this would have a preventive effect on the drivers themselves," said Radojević.

What it looks like when a problem is neglected can easily be seen on the streets of the Capital City.

One of them is parked cars in the middle of the roundabout. Every day, cars are parked everywhere with four blinkers on, so instead of two lanes, you only have one, like say on George Washington Boulevard...

The same is true in Moskovska, also in Stanko Dragojevića... In Kralja Nikola Street there is often a traffic collapse, because there is only one lane for both left and right...

The citizens believe that "traffic congestion must be solved. The healthiest thing, walking, is at risk."

"I would maybe add more policemen, maybe I would add cameras so that license plates would be recorded for those who break the rules," said one of the passers-by.

At this moment, when needed - no policemen, no radar, and often no spider...

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