According to information obtained from the police, the number of drivers sanctioned for speed infractions has dramatically increased over the last three years.
Taking into account fixed and mobile speed cameras, as well as site speed cameras, the police flashed 282,000 vehicles in 2019 - 30,000 more than in 2018 (252,000) and 41,000 more than in 2017 (241,000).
157,000 of the cars caught in 2019 were registered in Luxembourg. Next were French-registered vehicles (41,000), followed by cars from Belgium (34,000), Germany (18,000) and the Netherlands (17,000). Among these hundreds of thousands of taxed warnings, 1,700 reports were drawn up for high-speed crimes ( a recurrence of serious and excessive speeding of 50% or 20 km / h at the legal limit).
A police spokesperson said the vast increase in speeding infractions was principally due to the installation of new fixed speed cameras. In 2016, Luxembourg had 10 such cameras in place - this rose to 25 cameras in 2019. In addition, there are daily mobile speed checks carried out by police, as well as the two site speed cameras which were installed in 2017 and 2019.
All speed cameras have a margin of error of 3 km/h on speeds below 100 km/h, and 3% beyond that figure. Speeding is punishable by a warning taxed at €49 if it is less than 15 km/h in the city (20 km/h outside of residential areas and 25 km/h on the motorway). Beyond that, the motorist risks a warning of 145 € and a withdrawal of two points on their license.
