2023-10-25 15:47:19
Mobile phone while driving, hefty fine at the turn!
In Police areas Brussels Capital Ixelles recalled this Tuesday during his “GSM while driving” action.
110 people were fined by the Brussels Capital Ixelles police zone in just 3 hours. An exceptional and challenging figure.
An action during which quite a few bewildering excuses were given by those controlled. There are those who say that they had just given up, others who swear that they are obliged to constantly check and respond to their emails or even manage their employer’s social networks. Others “have fun” shopping online. While a taxi driver was caught playing cards with his smartphone.
However, if you are fined in the city center of Brussels, it will be 184 euros to pay immediately.
Good behavior does not yet seem to be well known enough. “Good practice is to avoid all possible distractions and limit smartphone use as much as possible. Even if the device is fixed on a suitable support, there is distraction“, explains Thierry Vandenhoute, Divisional Commissioner at the PolBru police zone.
Using the telephone while driving is therefore only permitted with a hands-free kit and then only in a limited manner.
In 2022 alone, almost 14,000 people were fined in the center of Brussels for using GSM while driving.
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