After a pilot project on Flemish motorways was deemed a success, anyone driving at 129km/h or more will therefore always be fined, and by the end of August this will be rolled out across Belgium,
At the end of August, any car that is caught speeding at 129km/h will be fined. This will soon become the norm on all Belgian motorways, in order to benefit road safety, writes De Zondag. The cameras will work on motorways and tolerance of speeds up to 129km/h will apply.
In Wallonia, the last four section checks with higher speed limits will be adjusted in the coming weeks so that all margins on Belgian motorways will be reduced to 129 by the end of August.
Speed cameras flashing at 129km/h will become the norm when new cameras are activated,” said Edward Lantsheere, Spokesman for Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne in De Zondag.
Testing enforcement capacity
The pilot project, which was started in October last year, was intended to determine whether the Federal Police and the Public Prosecutor’s Office can cope with the increase of files and administrative issues, if speed limits are not respected and more fines are handed out.
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Police and public prosecutors will not experience any problems with the increased influx, the Ministry of Justice assures. “Actions have been made at the regional processing centres of the Federal Police.
In addition, a National Traffic Prosecutor’s Office has now also been set up, for which recruitment is currently underway. This ensures that we are perfectly able to follow up on everything,” says De Lantsheer.
A previous version of this article was amended at 16:00 on 10/07/22.
