Flash, no fines: 75,000 quick criminals without cost

Flashes had been used on a big scale at 556 velocity checks final yr in jap Brabant, however no fines had been ever issued by the Central Judicial Assortment Company (CJIB).

There are reportedly greater than 75,000 fines Broadcast Brabant. Consequently, the justice division loses greater than 5 million euros. Drivers can’t be fined but, as a result of in response to the regulation this should be finished inside 4 months.

A couple of weeks in the past, the regional broadcaster requested the CJIB what number of cell radar inspections there have been final yr. When that stock was later submitted to the East Brabant Police, it turned out that there was a discrepancy between the variety of checks carried out by the police and the quantity of fines imposed by the CJIB on. The police and the CJIB now admit that no fines have been issued after 556 investigations.

The police and the CJIB are nonetheless investigating what occurred and precisely how a lot cash the treasury misplaced.

In 2022, East Brabant police noticed a mean of 140 violations per test. Multiplied by the 556 ‘lacking’ inspections, this is able to quantity to greater than 77,000 violations. In accordance with the CJIB, the typical high quality for a dashing violation was 68.78 euros final yr. That is how Omroep Brabant reaches an estimated sum of 5.3 million euros.

The East Brabant police announce that they’ve given the info from the investigations to the CJIB. However the CJIB says they by no means discovered the info within the methods.

The issues have now been resolved and the fines in East Brabant are being reimposed.