– We take it very seriously. It is very dangerous to drive that fast. The consequences of a collision at those speeds can be catastrophic. This is what operations manager Jan Kristian Johnsrud in the South-East police district told news. Around midnight on the night of Sunday, the police had a speed check on National Highway 7, below Gol in Hallingdal in Buskerud. Three drivers were stopped and taken for reckless driving. Two of them were men in their late teens. – At these speeds, driving licenses will be confiscated for a long time. According to the operations manager, it is part of a growing trend, also elsewhere in the country. Possible racing There has been a lot of hard and rough driving, especially among young people in the area. – We had three cars driving straight after each other and we perceived it as a race, says operations manager Johnsrud. All of them were measured at high speeds: The first car was measured at 131 km/h in the 80 zone The second car was measured at 172 km/h in the 80 zone The third car was measured at 172 km/h in the 80 zone The two who drove in 172 km/h are men in their late teens where both have a probationary period on their driving licence, says Johnsrud. All drivers are notified of the conditions, and their driving licenses are confiscated. They will be punished for this later, which will be decided by a police lawyer. More accidents National highway 7 runs through Hallingdalen and is a stretch where there have been many accidents and many complaints about hard driving in the area. – We have had several accidents in the region just last night, and we would prefer not to have any more. Young boys are often involved in these accidents, according to the operations manager. Late on Saturday evening, the emergency services went to Larvik after reports of a traffic accident between a motorbike and a car. The driver of the motorcycle was taken to the hospital. The person must be seriously injured. – This is also a place where there is a lot of driving back and forth, driving on the rear wheels and very fast, says Johnsrud. A trend of ugly driving So far this year, 40 people have died on Norwegian roads. After several years of decline, the National Roads Administration now sees that the number of young people who die on the roads is increasing. It has been ten years since the figures for the group 16 to 24 have been as high as they are now, according to the Swedish Road Administration. Johnsrud believes there has been an upsurge in rough driving in recent months. On the first Saturday in May this year, ten young drivers lost their license plate in Vestfold after the emergency police carried out a speed check in connection with a car collision in the district. There, the highest speed was measured at 230 km/h in the 110 zone. – Unfortunately, there has been a trend of a lot of ugly driving lately. Not only here, but also in other police districts During the night to Sunday, serious accidents and speeding violations were reported in several police regions. In Stavanger, among other things, a driver was caught driving in the 146 km/h 90 zone. In Møre and Romsdal, a driver was caught in the 143 km/h 80 zone.
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