A speed camera on the E19 motorway, just before the Craeybeckx tunnel towards the Antwerp ring road, is the most profitable speed camera in Flanders, Het Nieuwsblad reports.
Last year, the speed camera recorded 120,000 infractions, bagging the region at least €7.5 million in fines. The true cost of the fines is likely even greater. 17,000 drivers were caught driving at least 140 kilometres per hour, or at least 40 km/h too fast. They were directly summoned by the police and their offences were not included in the figures.
In total, there were eight locations where more than 50,000 people were flashed each year. These include the Gentbrugge viaduct (101,000) and the A11 in Bruges (87,000). 21,859 offences were committed on Antwerp’s Elisabethlaan.
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Last year, no fewer than 6.16 million fines for speeding were recorded in Flanders. This is a major jump in a relatively short time; in 2014 3.37 million drivers were fined across Belgium.
In Brussels, motorists were most ticketed on Boulevard de Nieuport in the centre of the capital. Other hotspots include the Chaussée de Waterloo in Uccle, Avenue du Parc in Saint-Gilles, and Chaussée de Gand in Berchem.
