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Those who film recordings of speeding or other traffic offenses and glorify it by posting on social media can probably count on fines, withdrawal of their driver’s license or even a prison sentence in Belgium.
The Belgian Minister of Mobility Georges Gilkinet is completely fed up with people who record themselves or others who openly flout traffic rules and attract attention on social media. There is a bill on the table that imposes fines or other even more severe sanctions, according to reports from the French media, the Belgian GoCar.
Gilkinet says he cannot accept that drivers use the road as a circuit and then brag about it on social media. The bill would include fines of up to €1,000, withdrawal of the driver’s license and even a prison sentence of one month to one year for anyone who spreads images of speeding or otherwise breaking traffic rules on social media endangering or glorifying the safety of other road users. This would not only concern images shot from the driver’s perspective, but also images made by passengers or spectators.
It is important here that the text in the bill would focus purely on the glorification of criminal behavior in traffic. Messages showing images of criminal behavior in traffic to denounce this would not be fined. According to Gocar, the Belgian road safety institute VIAS says it is happy with the bill.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl