From next month, fines for speeding offenses in Germany will be up to twice as expensive. Not only will speeding violations be fined more heavily, the amount of the fines for parking violations will also be adjusted upwards.
Anyone who has ever received a speeding fine from Germany knows that the German fines are a lot milder than in the Netherlands. ADAC reports that speeding fines in Germany will soon be twice as high. Anyone who exceeds the speed limit within built-up areas by up to 10 km/h will now lose €15. That will be €30 from November. If you drive too fast outside built-up areas up to 10 km/h, you will soon lose €20 instead of €10.
The doubling of the speed fines applies up to a speeding violation of 20 km/h. Anyone who drives 16 to 20 km/h too fast in built-up areas will soon have to deduct €70 instead of €30. Outside built-up areas you will lose €60 instead of €30 for the same speeding violation. In the Netherlands, if you exceed the speed limit of 4 km/h within built-up areas in a 30 km/h zone, during work or on a residential area, for example, you will lose €29. If you drive 10 km/h too fast in built-up areas, the CJIB will ask for €74. More than double the amount you will be fined in Germany in that situation. Another example: for a speeding offense of 39 km/h on the highway you will lose €435 in the Netherlands, while in that situation you will be fined €200 from Germany.
Germany speeding fines
| Speeding violation | In residential area | Outside the built-up area | ||
| Old | New | Old | New | |
| up to 10 km/h | €15 | €30 | €10 | €20 |
| 11 to 15 km/h | €25 | €50 | €20 | €40 |
| 16 to 20 km/h | €35 | €70 | €30 | €60 |
| 21 to 25 km/h | €80 | €115 | €70 | €100 |
| 26 to 30 km/h | €100 | €180 | €80 | €150 |
| 31 to 40 km/h | €160 | €260 | €120 | €200 |
| 41 to 50 km/h | €200 | €400 | €160 | €320 |
| 51 to 60 km/h | €280 | €560 | €240 | €480 |
| 61 to 70 km/h | €480 | €700 | €440 | €600 |
| more than 70 km/h | €680 | €800 | €600 | €700 |
Furthermore, parking violations are fined more severely in Germany, although the most striking change has to do with the so-called Rettungsgasse. The Retungsgasse, or Rescue Lane, is a lane that is kept free for emergency services during traffic jams because road users stand as far to the left or right as possible. Anyone who does not comply with this will not only be fined €240 to €320, but will also be banned from driving for a month.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl