Do you ever suffer from a heavy foot? That the accelerator pedal has been pressed a little further than expected? Then you have to be even more careful at the Zwaardslootseweg or the Leidschendamseweg in Zoetermeer, because the rates for traffic fines have gone up again this year.
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The rates are about 10 percent higher than last year, according to reports the ANWB. The new rates apply from March 1, 2024. You can check the fine amounts applicable until March 1 via this link to the OM fine base.
Fine for speeding
If you drive too fast in Zoetermeer, different rates apply for a fine. You will receive a fine if you drive faster than 4 kilometers per hour. Below you can see the rates, excluding 9 euros administration costs:
| Too hard | In residential area | Outside the built-up area | Motorway |
| 4 kilometers per hour | 35 euros | 31 euros | 26 euros |
| 8 kilometers per hour | 69 euros | 64 euros | 53 euros |
| 12 kilometers per hour | 132 euros | 127 euros | 119 euros |
| 16 kilometers per hour | 182 euros | 173 euros | 161 euros |
| 22 kilometers per hour | 273 euros | 258 euros | 243 euros |
| 26 kilometers per hour | 343 euros | 325 euros | 303 euros |
| 30 kilometers per hour | 421 euros | 401 euros | 368 euros |
| Above 30 kilometers per hour | Public Prosecution Service penalty order* | Public Prosecution Service penalty order* | Public Prosecution Service penalty order* |
Other fines
Then there are fines that are separate from speed. You can see below what violations these are and how high the fine is:
| Offence | Fine amount |
| Unnecessarily driving on the left on a highway or motorway | 270 euros |
| Overtake on the right | 300 Euro |
| Do not wear a seat belt | 180 euros |
| Do not give priority to drivers from the right | 300 Euro |
| Driving through a red light | 300 Euro |
| Ignore a red cross | the amount of the fine is determined by the public prosecutor |
| Turning without indicating direction | 120 euros |
| Driving a motor vehicle while license plates are not properly readable | 180 euros |
| Without necessity, standing still on the emergency lane or airport | 300 Euro |
| Do not give passengers who want to get on or off a tram or bus the opportunity to do so | 300 Euro |
| Double parking a vehicle | 120 euros |
| Parking in places with a blue line without a visible blue zone parking card with the correct time | 120 euros |
| Add unnecessary fog lights to the front | 120 euros |
| Add unnecessary fog lights to the rear | 180 euros |
| Non-working brake lights | 180 euros |
| Non-functioning third brake light for vehicles after September 30, 2001 | 120 euros |
| Failure to stop a vehicle within a safe distance (tailgating) | Depending on the speed and distance to the vehicle in front |
| Hold a phone or other device while driving (including when accelerating and driving in traffic jams). | Motor vehicle: 420 euros Moped: 290 euros Bicycle: 160 euros |
| Parking as a driver in a disabled parking space other than with a vehicle intended for that reserved disabled parking space | 490 euros |
| Driving through a red light | 300 Euro |
| Violation of overtaking ban | 300 Euro |
| Crossing solid line | 180 – 300 euros |
| Parking incorrectly | 120 euros |
| Parking illegally in a handicapped space | 490 euros |
| Do not give priority | 300 Euro |
| No child seat for passengers <12 years and <1.35 meters | 270 euros |
| Violation of environmental zone | 120 euros |
Pay fines
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What is useful to know: if the motor vehicle is registered in your name, you also have to pay the fine. Suppose the neighbor or daughter has borrowed your car and has been caught for speeding, then you will be fined. You must pay the fine and ask your neighbor or daughter for the amount of money back.