Overview
- Late September approvals mean new flexflitsers will be placed in multiple municipalities including ’s‑Hertogenbosch and on the N504 in Noord‑Scharwoude while a high‑profile Rotterdam flexflitser has returned to the Walenburgerweg.
- Flexflitsers are OM‑owned temporary speed cameras that typically stay about two months at a site before rotating to another location, and focusflitsers are specialised units that photograph drivers who hold a mobile phone while driving.
- Past short deployments produced large numbers of fines: a flexflitser on Rotterdam’s 30 km/h Walenburgerweg delivered nearly 34,000 fines over about three months and temporary cameras in Drenthe issued more than 20,000 fines between May and August.
- Provinces, municipalities and police jointly nominate problem locations to the OM for approval, using accident data, speed‑violation records and resident complaints as the main selection criteria.
- Officials say the primary aim is lasting behaviour change rather than revenue, and they plan to pair camera enforcement with signage, road adjustments and education even as residents report surprise at sudden returns and higher fines on 30 km/h streets.