Attica's regional government is extending its network of traffic enforcement cameras from major highways into quieter residential streets, with two new red-light cameras now watching a side road in the Athens suburb of Kallithea.
The cameras sit at the junction of Doiranis and Charokopou streets. Doiranis runs parallel to the busy Syngrou Avenue, with one lane in each direction and a median.
It is the seventh camera location in Kallithea, which already has others along Syngrou and Eleftheriou Venizelou avenues, but the first on a minor road.
The Attica region installs the cameras on the recommendation of traffic police. That suggests the junction has frequent violations and accidents linked to running red lights.
The cameras are part of a regional program of 388 devices at about 100 intersections across Attica's 66 municipalities.
Officials say installation is complete, and the region is linking the system to police databases so fines can be issued. They operate around the clock and trigger when a signal turns red.
Under Greece's traffic code, running a red light carries a €700 fine and a 60-day license suspension. Drivers receive the fine by mail or electronically through gov.gr.
The Greek capital's northern and western suburbs, by contrast, have no such cameras.
The only comparable use of smart cameras on lightly traveled streets is in the port city of Piraeus.
Greece's government is also moving toward a national digital system for managing traffic offenses, with cameras expected to detect speeding, bus-lane violations, missing seat belts or helmets and phone use at the wheel.