Police speed cameras sit in roadside housings, many of them on street-light poles, and are moved between housings so drivers cannot tell which ones are live. There are now about 800 housings, some on motorways. The cameras do not flash, and they also record phone use and missing seat belts. Unmarked police cars patrol motorways and expressways.
Warned by a sign
Fixed speed camera
Not always warned
Unmarked camera car, Speed display
Real photos, with where each one was taken and who took it.
Kamera za nadzor brzine
Looks like: A metal cabinet, mostly mounted on a street-light pole about 2.6 to 3.3 metres up. Newer housings are black. There is no flash.
Catches: Speeding, in both directions and across several lanes. Newer cameras also record drivers holding a phone or not wearing a seat belt.
Only about a third of housings hold a camera at any time, and police move the cameras between them. Treat every housing as live.
Policijski presretač
Looks like: An ordinary car without police markings.
Catches: Speeding and other offences on motorways and expressways.
In use since 2005.
Preventivni radarski mjerač brzine
Looks like: A black panel showing your speed in km/h with the word USPORI, sometimes also SLOW DOWN, and sometimes two flashing amber lights.
Catches: Nothing. It only shows your speed, usually near schools and kindergartens.
It does not record or fine.
Kontrola brzine
Speed checks take place on this road or section.
What to do: Keep to the speed limit.
Tolerance: Police reportedly fine only above a margin of 10 km/h at speeds up to 100 km/h, and 10 per cent above 100 km/h.
Radar detectors: Illegal
If you're in a hire car: Camera fines are posted to the vehicle's registered owner. For a hire car that is the hire company, which gives your details to the authorities and charges an admin fee (Sixt charges €40). Police who stop a driver without residence in Croatia collect the fine on the spot, at half the minimum amount. Non-EU drivers with unpaid fines can be stopped and served at the border when they leave.
| Offence | Fine |
|---|---|
| Speeding in a built-up area by up to 10 km/h | €30 |
| Speeding in a built-up area by 10 to 20 km/h | €60 |
| Speeding in a built-up area by 20 to 30 km/h | €130 |
| Speeding in a built-up area by 30 to 50 km/h | €390 to €920 |
| Speeding in a built-up area by more than 50 km/h Or up to 60 days in prison. | €1,320 to €2,650 |
| Speeding outside built-up areas by 10 to 30 km/h | €60 |
| Speeding outside built-up areas by 30 to 50 km/h | €260 |
| Speeding outside built-up areas by more than 50 km/h | €660 to €1,990 |
| Running a red light | €390 to €920 |
| No daytime lights between 1 November and 31 March | €30 |
| Driving without winter equipment when the road is covered in snow or ice | €130 |
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