Alcohol interlock as a professional driver: can you keep working?
Alcohol interlock while you drive for a living? Can the judge exclude your lorry or bus, and what about a company car, a breakdown or trips abroad?
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Car accident in Belgium: what to do and who is liable?
Involved in a road accident in Belgium? What to do at the scene, when to call the police, who is liable and how to obtain compensation.
Damage to your car after an accident: loss of use and depreciation
Repair or write-off, loss of use per day, car hire, VAT and depreciation: which damage to your car does the other party have to pay for?
Compensation for relatives after a fatal road accident
Lost a loved one on the road? Find out what compensation relatives can claim: funeral costs, loss of income and non-material damage.
Compensation after a road accident in Belgium: what are you entitled to?
What compensation can you get after a road accident in Belgium? Who pays, which types of loss count and how long do you have to bring a claim?
Contesting a speed camera fine in Belgium: when do you really stand a chance?
Got a speed camera fine in Belgium and have doubts? The evidential weight of the photo, the errors that count and how to contest a speeding fine.
Driving bans in Belgium: the rules and how to defend yourself
When does the police court impose a driving ban, how long does it last, which vehicles does it cover and what can you do about it? A clear overview.
Filling in the European accident report form: tips and pitfalls
How do you fill in the European accident report form correctly, how much weight does it carry, do you have to sign it and can you still change it afterwards?
Hit and run and insurance: who pays for the damage?
After a hit and run: does the motor insurer compensate the victim, what is loss of a chance, and can your insurer turn against you?
Defending a hit-and-run charge in Belgium: acquittal or reclassification?
Charged with hit-and-run in Belgium? What the prosecutor must prove, which defences work and when the judge reduces the facts to a minor offence.
Indicative Table 2024: personal injury amounts explained
What is the Indicative Table 2024, what amounts does it propose for personal injury after an accident, and can the judge depart from it?
Driving licence suspended because of an unpaid traffic fine?
An unpaid traffic fine can cost you your licence. How suspension after a payment order and the alternative driving ban after a judgment work in Belgium.
Motor Guarantee Fund in Belgium: when does the Fund pay?
Unknown or uninsured driver after a road accident? When the Motor Guarantee Fund pays, which loss it covers and within what deadline.
You hit a parked car and drove off: is it hit and run?
You hit a parked car and the owner is not there? What the law requires, when it is hit and run, and what to do if you are the victim.
Payment order: appealing to the police court
A registered letter with a payment order? What it is, the deadline for an appeal, how to go about it and what risks you take.
Police interview in Belgium: your rights and the right to a lawyer
Called in for a police interview after an accident or an alcohol check? Your right to silence, when you are entitled to a lawyer and how to correct your statement.
Serious speeding in Belgium: summons and driving ban
More than 30 or 40 km/h over the limit? A summons follows, and usually a driving ban. What do you risk as a new driver or as a repeat offender?
Serving a driving ban: when and where do you hand in your licence?
Given a driving ban in Belgium? When it starts, where and by when to hand in your licence, what happens if you are late and how to get it back.
Speeding in Belgium: fines, driving bans and your defence
Caught speeding in Belgium? The limits, the measuring margin, the fine amounts since 1 July 2026, when you go before the judge and how you can defend yourself.
Suspended driving ban in Belgium: is it possible and how do you ask for one?
Can the police court judge suspend a driving ban? The minimum of eight days to serve, the probation period, revocation and how to ask for a suspended ban.
Calculating a traffic fine in Belgium: fixed amounts, surcharge multipliers and ability to pay
How is a Belgian traffic fine calculated? Fixed amounts for immediate payment, the surcharge multiplier before the police judge, your income and paying in instalments.
Traffic fine with a company car in Belgium: who pays?
Caught by a camera in a company or lease car? Who must identify the driver, when the employer pays and whether the fine can be deducted from your salary.
Vulnerable road users: compensation under article 29bis of the Motor Insurance Act
Hit as a pedestrian, cyclist or passenger? Under article 29bis, your personal injury is compensated, even if the driver was not at fault in any way.
Weekend driving ban or a ban limited to certain vehicles
A driving ban only at weekends or only for your car? When the police court judge can grant it, who is excluded and how to ask for it.
Average speed cameras and municipal administrative fines: can you challenge them?
SAC fine after an average speed check? Police judges have cancelled fines where private companies funded the cameras. What this means and how to challenge yours.
Causing death on the road in Belgium: what changes under the new Criminal Code
Since 1 September 2026, the Belgian Criminal Code has a specific offence of homicide in road traffic and an aggravated form. Which penalties apply and what does it mean?
Driving during a driving ban or licence withdrawal in Belgium: the consequences
Caught driving during a ban, a withdrawal, or without your reinstatement exams or alcohol interlock? The penalty, the new ban and the other consequences.
Driving without insurance in Belgium: penalty, driving ban and compensation
Driving without valid car insurance in Belgium: the penalty and driving ban you risk, what happens if you reoffend and who pays for the damage after an accident.
Driving without a valid licence: what are you facing?
Driving without a licence, in the wrong category or without a supervisor on a provisional licence: what penalty, what driving ban and what consequences?
Hit and run in Belgium: what are the penalties and how can you defend yourself?
Did you leave the scene after an accident? When is it hit and run, what penalties and driving ban do you face, and which defence is possible?
You were not driving? Here is how to identify the driver
Caught on camera in your car while you were not driving? What the number plate holder must do, the deadline, and what you risk if you stay silent.
Limitation period for a traffic offence in Belgium: how long before it expires?
Since 1 July 2026, traffic offences become time-barred after three years. When does that period start, what suspends it and when is a case time-barred?
Mobile phone while driving in Belgium: what is allowed and what is not?
Phone on your knee, in your hand or in a holder? What the rules ban at the wheel, exactly, and what fine and driving ban you risk.
Belgium's new Public Road Code: what changes in 2027?
The 1975 Highway Code is being replaced by the Public Road Code. When does it come into force and which rules change for drivers and other road users?
PEth test and hair analysis: proving you do not have a drinking problem
PEth test, hair analysis or CDT and gamma-GT: prove you have no drinking problem. What each test measures and which one the judge accepts.
Medical and psychological reinstatement exams: how they work
Ordered to take reinstatement exams? How to choose a centre, what the medical and psychological exams cover, what they cost and what to do if you fail.
Traffic offences in Belgium: degrees, fines and procedure explained
What happens after a traffic offence in Belgium? The four degrees, immediate payment, out-of-court settlement, payment order, municipal fines and the police court.
Alcohol interlock in Belgium: when is it mandatory, what does it cost and how does it work?
When must the police court impose an alcohol interlock, when can it depart from that rule, what does it cost and what happens if you do not comply with the conditions?
Breath test and breath analysis: how a roadside alcohol check works in Belgium
Sniffer, breath test, breath analysis and blood test: the rules the police must follow, when to ask for a second analysis and which result counts.
Drink driving in Belgium: from the roadside check to the judgment
Failed a breath test in Belgium? Legal limits, the breath test, the driving prohibition, licence withdrawal and what you face before the police court.
Driving under the influence of medication: what is a criminal offence?
Sleeping pills, sedatives or painkillers: when is driving under the influence of medication an offence and what do you risk before the police court?
Drug checklist: when can the police make you take a saliva test?
Since October 2024, a new checklist applies for drug driving in Belgium. Which signs count, when a saliva test follows and how to read the result?
Drug driving in Belgium: saliva test and penalties
Tested positive for drugs at the wheel? The banned substances, how the saliva test works and what you risk on the spot and before the court.
Saliva analysis and blood test for drugs in Belgium: counter-analysis and costs
A positive saliva test is followed by a saliva analysis or blood test. How it works, receiving the result and the counter-analysis you must request within 14 days.
Drunkenness or alcohol intoxication: why the difference matters
Having had too much to drink is not the same as being drunk. The distinction between articles 34 and 35 decides your penalty, your ban and your insurer's stance.
Errors in a police report: when is it null and void?
Not every error in a police report leads to an acquittal. When is a report void, when does it lose its evidential weight and what does the Antigoon case law say?
Immediate withdrawal of your driving licence: how long and what to do?
Licence withdrawn after a drink or drug check? When the prosecutor can do it, how long it lasts, when it is extended and how to get your licence back.
Ketamine and driving: what is changing?
Ketamine will be explicitly banned behind the wheel, but saliva tests will only come later. What already applies today, and what changes for drivers?
Refusing a breath test or blood test in Belgium: what are the consequences?
Can you refuse an alcohol test? The difference between the sniffer and the breath test, what counts as refusal, when a refusal is legitimate and what you risk.
Repeat drink or drug driving: what are you facing?
Caught again with alcohol or drugs within three years? A mandatory 3, 6 or 9-month driving ban follows, with four reinstatement exams and sometimes an alcohol interlock.
Unfit to drive (article 42): how to get your licence back
A finding of unfitness to drive takes effect at once and lasts until you prove otherwise. When does the judge impose it, and how do you request a review after six months?