According to the newspaper's report, the Belgian Parliament unanimously adopted a doubling of the previous penalty of EUR 58 (approximately 18.5 thousand forints) in the case of a "traffic disturbing and highly slowing down" offense.
Benoit Godart, spokesman for the Belgian Road Safety Institute (Vias), said that the measure is a response to the frequent inappropriate behavior of motorists in the field of transport.
He drew attention to the fact that the Road Traffic Code prohibits not only long-term progress in the middle lane of motorways, but also the right-wing overtaking, which is also a serious and even highly dangerous traffic offense. There is also a € 116 penalty for someone who slows down the vehicle in the middle lane in the middle lane to make the traffic smoother right.
On the motorways, keep moving on the right-hand side, in the extreme lane. In the extreme lane, the slower moving cars are running, so the middle and inner lanes are only for overtaking. The traffic on an overloaded highway is smooth if this rule is followed by all drivers, otherwise the benefits of the highway lane will not prevail, and plugs may easily develop - pulled down.
According to the law that will come into effect soon, the drivers of second-time drivers who are punished for these violations may be temporarily included, he added.
Due to the long-standing misdemeanor, the Highway Police last year only reported an average of seven reports per day, although the number of offenders was much higher. Compliance with motorway traffic rules will be monitored in the future with the involvement of several police officers. Neither the speedometer nor the traffic-monitoring police cameras, nor the recording of car-mounted on-board cameras, is a start-up procedure, he added.
