Because there has been much less traffic on Dutch roads in recent months, it is a 'natural' consequence that fewer traffic fines were also issued for traffic violations. This saves the Dutch state a lot of money. The Ministry of Justice and Security has announced that 2.481.352 traffic fines have been issued in the Netherlands in the first months of this year (January through April). In the same months last year, this was 2.729.233 traffic fines. This amounts to almost 10 percent less traffic fines.

The traffic fines are given for, among other things: speed, wrong parking, driving red, handheld calling, etc. A traffic fine for, for example, calling while driving costs you 240 euros. The rates of traffic fines have increased by 2,7 percent this year compared to last year. In mid-March, the government called on the Dutch population to stay at home as much as possible due to the corona virus. This has resulted in fewer traffic fines being issued.

The effects on the traffic fines of the speed reduction on the Dutch motorways from 130/120 km per hour to 100 km per hour is not yet known. This is because it coincides with the corona crisis making it 'abnormally' quiet on the road. Although fewer fines have been issued in total, fines have increased in the category of route controls and for handheld calling. With the section controls in the Netherlands, 614.520 speeding offenses were detected in the first four months of this year, compared to 528.102 last year. This is because there are more route controls than last year. In the first 4 months of this year, 44.501 fines were issued for handheld calling, compared to 32.641 fines last year. This is a result of the fact that cyclists have also been fined for handheld calling since July 2019.

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