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Traffic fines set to increase 15%Friday 03 September 2010 The caretaker cabinet is planning to increase traffic fines by 15% as part of a package of measures to reduce the budget deficit, the Telegraaf reports on Friday, quoting sources in The Hague. The measure is set to be announced on September 21, when the budget for 2011 is presented to parliament. Fines for speeding, jumping red lights and using the phone without a hands-free set, will raise an extra €50m for the treasury, the paper says. Traffic fines were increased by an average 20% in 2008 and last year a €6 administration charge was introduced for mild offences. The outgoing cabinet plans to cut spending by €3.2bn. The government's spending plans for the next year are traditionally published on the third Tuesday in September. Because the Netherlands does not yet have a new government following the June election it is up to the outgoing cabinet to balance the books. © DutchNews.nl
indeed traffic fines are just used for budjet deficits!!( such a crime if instead of 50km/h you are caught with 54!!)...obviously i dont talk about big violations By kos | September 3, 2010 8:55 AM I say fine the bicyclists that run red lights. 10 euros on the spot, or 25 + court fees if not. The budget would be balanced by the end of the week. By DH | September 3, 2010 9:46 AM Yet again, the motorist is the "milk cow". As if we are not already heavily enough penalised for our hard won priviledge of private transport. By Terence Gehr | September 3, 2010 10:42 AM Is the message here: Or does it mean that until now the police would not fine you for any of those infractions, and will finaly start to? By Manu Just | September 3, 2010 12:16 PM
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Why don't they start with enforcing the idea that you shoudn't enter an intersection unless you can already see a place for your car on the other side..? With a shrug of the shoulders, yet another intersection is blocked.
By Ed | September 3, 2010 8:29 AM