Overview
- The Openbaar Ministerie (OM) has confirmed it will increase monitored camera locations from 650 to about 1,450 this year to boost traffic enforcement.
- The rollout will mix fixed cameras, movable 'flexflitsers', phone‑detecting focusflitsers and planned average‑speed (trajectcontrole) trials inside built‑up areas.
- The OM is prioritising 30 km/h municipal roads where signage alone has not reduced speeds and hopes enforcement will protect cyclists and pedestrians.
- Practical limits apply because flex cameras need power hookups and focusflitsers require concrete bases, so municipalities are preparing sites while the OM trials faster rotation of movable units.
- Early local deployments have already produced multiple fines for some drivers and SWOV research says lasting speed reduction will likely also require physical road redesign, such as raised crossings or surface changes.