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In late July 2026, two separate traffic hazards were reported on Hungary’s M3 motorway. A video showed a heavy hand‑weight deliberately dropped onto a moving car, forcing Following the driver to brake abruptly and prompting police to launch an investigation and warn motorists about series of deliberate road obstruction. The following day, reports highlighted additional dangers: a 70‑year‑old driver who lost consciousness in a parked vehicle was rescued by passers‑by and paramedics, and another hand‑weight was again dropped from an overhead structure onto a vehicle traveling at about 120 km/h. Although the latter caused damage without injuries, both events underscored unexpected risks drops on the M3 and the need for swift emergency response and stricter safety enforcement. On 23 in late July, a new another incident was captured on video showed a heavy 24 July near Miskolc. A weight was tossed directly from an overpass onto the roadway in front of a moving car on passing vehicle, striking the M3. The driver braked sharply, and authorities reiterated warnings, treating car but causing no injuries. Police treated the act as a criminal offense offense, broadened the investigation and expanding reiterated warnings to drivers about potential hazards on the ongoing motorway. The same day, Hungarian authorities reported a surge in various traffic‑related incidents nationwide, including a cyclist‑car clash near the Slovak border, reckless teenage motorbike activity, illegal night‑time racing, and a bike vandalism case in Budapest. While these events are being addressed through police inquiry. These episodes illustrate appeals and a drug seizure, they underscore a broader pattern of deliberate interference and sudden medical emergencies on road‑safety challenges that accompany the M3, prompting heightened police activity, public alerts, specific M3 threats. Overall, law‑enforcement agencies continue to monitor the M3 corridor, urge motorists to stay vigilant, and calls for tighter traffic‑safety controls. pursue suspects involved in the hand‑weight attacks, while also tackling the wider increase in traffic violations across the country.