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Altogether, 79,861 speeding tickets were issued for violations recorded by the Road Traffic Safety Directorate's (CSDD) speed cameras, imposing EUR 3 mln worth of fines on them. Of these tickets 23,766 were issued to foreigners. The total amount of fines paid in the 11 months of this year, however, was EUR 2.01 mln.

Also, 29,383 speeding tickets, including 1,807 to foreign motorists, were issued for violations recorded by speed cameras owned by the State Police, with fines for these violations totaling EUR 1.16 mln. The sum total paid for these violations so far this year is EUR 863,160.

Krapsis said that the Road Traffic Safety Directorate put 24 new speed cameras into operation this year, bringing the total number of stationary speed cameras on Latvia's motor roads to 40.

The State Police are planning to purchase 15 portable speed cameras, 40 unmarked police vehicles, ten regular police vehicles and ten motorcycles in 2017.