In order to fine speed offenders, the Netherlands has section controls, fixed speed cameras and mobile controls. In addition, there are also officers driving around who often check in inconspicuous cars. How do you know where those flashes are?
During section checks, your average speed is measured on a stretch of road. So there is a measurement at the beginning of the trajectory and at the end. The average speed is calculated and the ticket is automatically sent to the offender on the bus. They are indicated by signs and Autoweek has listed them all :
A2 between the Holendrecht (Amsterdam) and Maarssen interchange
A2/N2 tunnel Maastricht
A4 between Hoofddorp and Nieuw Vennep
A10 (Amsterdam ring West) between Nieuwe Meer and Coentunnel
A12 Utrecht, main carriageway and parallel carriageway between the Lunetten junction and the Galecopperbrug
A13 Overschie, between Berkel en Rodenrijs and Kleinpolderplein
A20 Rotterdam, between Kleinpolderplein and Terbregseplein
A58 between Bergen op Zoom and Roosendaal
If there are entrances and exits within the route, the route control is built up in sections (parts). If you drive too fast in one or more parts of the section control, you will only receive one fine. That one is for the biggest offense.
Route checks also on N-roads
Since 2020, there have also been section controls on a number of N-roads. The principle of this is the same. You can find them on the following roads:
N9, between Burgervlotbrug and St. Maartensvlotbrug
N11, between Alphen a/d Rijn and Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk
N201, Uithoorn
N205, between the N207 and the N232
N230, Utrecht, provincial part of the Zuilense Ring
N253, Sluis ring road
N256, Zeeland Bridge
N260, Tilburg
N270, between Venray and Ysselsteyn
N275, between Blerick and Nederweert
N277, between Ysselsteyn and Vreedepeel
N325, Arnhem (Pley Route)
N333, between Steenwijk and Blokzijl
N351, between Wolvega and Oosterwolde
N381, between Drachten and Donkerbroek
N414, between Eembrugge and Bunschoten
N564, between Weert and the Belgian border
N639, between Chaam and Baarle-Nassau
N706, Vogelweg, between the A27 and Lelystad Airport
N787, between Brummen and Eerbeek
If you have a navigation app with speed cameras, these speed checks are usually included. However, often you will only find a warning that the check is starting or that you are in it. The trick is, of course, to keep an eye on your average speed in these sections. TomTom navigation, both the separate navigation and the TomTom Go app or the free TomTom AmiGO, also monitors your average speed within the section control.
Fixed Speedlights
The fixed speed cameras are usually indicated in route planners, sometimes also in the built-in navigation of the car. Sometimes you need a separate subscription for the navigation app or separate car navigation. This usually also gives you complete traffic information, such as road works and traffic jams. With red light cameras you have to make sure that they increasingly also measure the speed when you drive past them.
Mobile Speed Cameras
With mobile speed cameras, a check is sometimes announced in advance, but then you have to follow the news locally. You can also hear them on the radio stations and find them via the ANWB Weg app under the ‘Traffic’ tab. The most useful to see these speed cameras while driving are apps such as Waze, TomTom Go, TomTom AmiGO, Flitsmeister or Sygic. They also let motorists indicate the speed cameras themselves and place them on the map. As a result, they can be very up-to-date.
Watch out for speed camera warnings abroad
If you use speed camera navigation abroad, you have to be careful. In some countries it is illegal to use these apps. Are you not warned at all? That’s not too bad. Some apps and route planners then indicate a ‘danger zone’ that is wider than where the speed cameras themselves are located. You have been warned.