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Police let people decide speed trap locations

During April the Police plan to hold a 24 hour speed trap marathon.

For a whole day, police which check the speed of motorists driving on both highways and minor roads.

The date of the speed trap marathon is a closely-guarded secret.

All available radar guns will be deployed to catch errant motorists.

Although speeding is often trivialised, excess speed plays a role in 30 percent of fatal road traffic accidents.

Around 300 people die on Belgium’s roads as a direct result of speeding.

Via the website ikflitsmee.be (NL/F/D) you too can indicate the locations at which you would like a police speed trap to be set up.

 

Flandersnews.be / Expatica