Twenty-three traffic cameras were mounted along the Croatian roads last year and they have been photographing anyone who drives above the speed limit during the day and at night. Two months ago the Karlovac Police Department installed eight new cameras in the Karlovac region. This city followed the example of other Croatian cities such as Osijek, Zagreb and Rijeka which had had 15 traffic cameras installed along their roads last year.

''We are very satisfied so far, these traffic cameras have had a preventive effect. For example, in the Aleja Bolonja in Zagreb which has two installed camera devices drivers respect the speed limit, they tend to drive carefully thus wild drivers cannot be seen on the roads any more'', said Miron Huljak from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Last year the total cost of mounting traffic cameras along the Croatian roads was 5 million Kunas. Since then, in the area under the jurisdiction of the Osijek-Baranja Police Department almost 8,000 fines were issued, whilst the Primorje-Gorje Police Department issued almost 30,000 fines. The Police Department in the city of Zagreb fined almost 45,000 drivers. As the minimum fine was 1,000 Kunas, the state earned at least 83 million Kunas by fining drivers at these locations only.

''Fortunately, or should I say, unfortunately, the traffic cameras provide lots of money for our budget which is then used for buying new devices'', added Huljak.

As yet the Dubrovnik County doesn’t have fixed speed cameras on any roads, however it is only a matter of time before similar cameras start popping up.