Diksmuide Ten hardrijders by the magistrate in Veurne sentenced after they way too hard reason in the Oudekapellestraat in Diksmuide, a notorious road where the speed is limited to 70 kilometers per hour. The toughest foot of a firefighter who called for a brandinterventie and less than 169 kilometers per hour reed. He received a fine, with full suspension, the harshest penalty is 1.856 eur. “What is it with that street? Is that a rallyparcours perhaps, the rally of the Westhoek?” remarked the magistrate.
at the End of October last year, kept the police Polder a flash control in the Oudekapellestraat (N364), between Kaaskerke and Oudekapelle in Diksmuide. The results were staggering. Almost 20% of all controlled drivers appeared to drive fast: a very high figure. Therefore, there were between 4 november and 4 december different flitscontroles in that place, even with the interception. Each were between 15% and 20% of the drivers flashed. Most of them were fine in the bus, but what also struck me was that there is often way too hard it was driven, which driving licenses were immediately revoked, and the drivers a ticket in the direction of magistrate got. Monday there were 10 of those hardrijders for in the magistrates ‘ court.
Of verkeerscursus up to 90 days driving ban
The toughest foot was coming from a fireman who, on december 4 flashed to less than 169 kilometers per hour. It is going to be a firefighter in Diksmuide works but with the fire brigade in the Lo is active. That day there was a fire alarm within in the town of Alveringem and left the man in a hurry from his work. He was in the Oudekapellestraat by the police intercepted and out of the traffic achieved. He was so not in the barracks.
The attorney was not nice for the man: “I have all the respect for workers, and for the fact that they are quickly on site or in the barracks want to be but this, I think there are far over. There was but even a child must pass through.” By the specific circumstances given the man a punishment almost entirely with delay: 1.408 euro fine fully with procrastination and 88 days driving ban, of which only 8 are effective. He must also have a verkeerscursus follow.
The penalties for the other defendants vary greatly, depending on the speed they get, and whether they have been previously convicted of speed. So got a teacher who was afraid to be late at school and therefore 113 reed only a verkeerscursus. It was the first time that the man was condemned. Another man, however, already several times condemned, and even won a verkeerscursus followed on speed, received the harshest punishment: a fine of 1.856 euro and 72 days driving ban. Yet another repeat offender got another 90 days driving ban, plus the four trials, but a milder fine.
Rally of the Westhoek
The magistrate was not to speak about the speeds. “And that we are all in the same street. Is that street a rallyparcours maybe? She is part of the Rally of the Westhoek? Those speeds are really irresponsible. Who than of the way afraakt, has but little chance of survival.” An often-heard ‘excuse’ for the high speeds in the defendants is the fact that the Oudekapellestraat to such speeds ‘lends’. It comes to a dead straight kilometre-long track with almost no buildings. An excuse that obviously does not count.