The prices of certain traffic fines in the Netherlands have been adjusted as of 1 March. Anyone who violates the traffic rules has to dig deeper into his pockets for some violations and less deeply for some violations. A traffic fine is always bad money and for many people cause for annoyance. Yet breaking the rules apparently does not outweigh the costs of a traffic fine, we continue to break the traffic rules on a regular basis. Maybe this has to do with the prices of traffic fines, do the prices have to get that high if we want to stop breaking the traffic rules? The government has decided to impose a heavier fine on serious traffic violations and a lower fine for less serious traffic violations. The government hopes to improve road safety by imposing stricter penalties for dangerous traffic violations.
The price of a traffic fine for holding your mobile phone while driving has been increased from 250 euros to 350 euros. This is a significant price increase, but this violation is also really life-threatening. Your attention is not on the traffic and because of this there is a good chance that you will be involved in a traffic accident. Driving unnecessarily on the left on the road has been increased to 220 euros, previously this was 150 euros. Failure to give right of way to a priority vehicle such as an ambulance with siren or a police car with siren has been increased to 350 euros, which used to be 250 euros. Fines for minors who do not wear a seat belt while driving have been increased from 150 euros to 220 euros. The fines for unnecessary honking have been reduced by 150 euros, this now costs 250 euros. Not giving passengers boarding and alighting the opportunity to disembark has gone from 400 euros to 250 euros. Parking in a disabled parking space now costs 310 euros instead of 400 euros. The fines for speeding will also be reduced by 15 percent. The prices of traffic violations are adjusted every year by the Ministry of Justice and Security. Normally the new rates in January 1, but due to a delay in the decision-making process, it came into effect on March 1 this year.
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