Overview
- The Openbaar Ministerie (OM) approved extra flexflitsers and focusflitsers for ’s‑Hertogenbosch on Sept. 24 and placed a flexflitser on the N504 in Noord‑Scharwoude on Sept. 25.
- Flexflitsers are temporary, OM‑owned speed cameras that normally stay about two months at a location before rotating to another site; focusflitsers detect handheld phone use and move between spots.
- Recent registration data from May–August show very high violation totals at some sites, including more than 10,000 speed violations at Groningen’s Europaweg and 5,226 at a temporary camera in Meppel.
- Provinces, municipalities and police must jointly apply to the OM to nominate locations, and authorities say selections are based on speed data, accident history and resident reports.
- Officials expect the cameras to change driver behavior and improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians, but some approved focusflitser placements have no firm installation dates and the OM does not routinely publish fine‑revenue details.