Number of obligations in bicycle streets doubled (Antwerp)
The number of amounts in 2019 in the Antwerp bicycle streets is between 2019 and 2021, from 3,211 in 2019 to 6,622 last year. “Ours are present to make the rules in the bicycle streets,” says Mayor Bart De We (N-VA).
Mayor De Wever gave these figures around the number of official reports (pv) at the request of Vooruit faction leader Hicham El Mzairh. Overtaking cyclists is prohibited on bicycle streets. Yet many motorists do not seem to know this or to work. For example, in 2019 the police issued 554 PVs for overtaking cyclists. That rose to 963 PVs in 2020 and 1,673 last year. There was also a marked increase in the statements of fast other driving, such as to use. The number of PVs there rose from 2,657 in 2019 to 3,251 in 2020 and 4,949 last year.
“In the case of excessive speed, it is possible to impound the car administratively or judicially,” says De Wever.
The number of kilometers of bicycle streets has also greatly improved in recent years. With the corona measures, improvements have been taken in a few steps to turn it into a bicycle street. svw