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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.