2023-11-18 10:08:28
Since mid-2022, fixed speed cameras placed along the roads have already been stricter once morest speeding. From next year, the margin of tolerance for speeding will also be reduced for mobile devices, we learned on Saturday in The last newsaccording to whom this should make it possible to further replenish the state coffers.
In the past, motorists were sometimes only flashed at speeds of 140 km/h, or there were quotas for fines. Last summer, however, the then Minister of Justice, Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open VLD), announced that fixed speed cameras and section speed cameras on motorways would only use a technical margin of up to 129 kilometers per hour.
Internal emails now show that the justice system and the police are going even further: mobile radars will soon also be more severe. “Thanks to the additional money released during the budget negotiations in October, we will be able to launch the road safety action plan from 2024, within the framework of which we will, among other things, remove tolerance margins and quotas for mobile speed cameras on the highways,” confirmed the spokesperson for the FPS Justice to the Flemish daily. “We want to increase the risks of being caught in the act, by increasing the number of fines. As we will have more staff, we will be able to cope with this additional work. »
In addition to road safety, revenue from fines also seems to be a major motivation for this tightening, according to the internal letter to which The last news was able to gain access. Last year, traffic fines brought in at least 543 million euros for the State.
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