Disproportionate
The Dutch traffic fine system deserves adjustment. The initial fine amount and especially the increases are no longer balanced. They are disproportionate to the seriousness of the offense, says director Albert Hazelhoff of the CJIB in Leeuwarden to the Leeuwarder Courant.
“Firstly, the initial fine amount for an offense should be more in line with criminal law and the seriousness of the offense. That is also the political approach. Because the system of traffic fines has increasingly become out of step with the fines in criminal law.” The Public Prosecution Service also pointed this out.
“Secondly, we advocate a significant reduction in the increase of fines,” he continues. After the first increase, you now pay one and a half times the fine amount, after the second increase, the amount doubles. Added together, that is 300 percent. People can get into trouble because of this.
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