Willebroek (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – On Sunday evening, Rivierenland police checked 117 vehicles on Boomsesteenweg, Willebroek; 10 were fined, including one at 125 km/h. Spokesperson Dirk Van de Sande warned of black ice.
As VRT News reported, police from the Rivierenland zone carried out speed checks on Sunday evening, Jan 4, 2026, on several roads in the region, including Boomsesteenweg in Willebroek, in the province of Antwerp, Belgium.
“There’s a 50-kilometre-per-hour speed limit there because it’s a built-up area,”
explained police spokesperson Dirk Van de Sande.
The officers discovered that 117 vehicles were checked during the operation, which included issuing fines to 10 drivers for speeding. The highest recorded speed for one driver was 125 kilometres per hour in a 50 kilometres per hour zone; therefore, this driver’s speed was more than double the limit allowed by law and was treated as an extremely serious violation by the police.
What happened when a motorist drove 125 km/h on icy roads in Willebroek?
Officials mentioned that bad weather contributed to the speeding violation. There were multiple warning signs from local authorities throughout the day indicating possible black ice on the roadway. The driver will face severe consequences due to actions, which may include a large fine and/or a potential revocation of his or her licence.
The Rivierenland Police Zone has indicated there will be additional speed enforcement measures in place.
Van de Sande indicates that motor vehicle operators generally respond to roadway warning signs about potentially unsafe road conditions. He indicated that many persons who operate motor vehicles can visually identify unsafe road conditions based on their personal observation of the roadway, the noticeable change in temperature when they get outside of their own vehicle, and/or other visual indicators on the roadway surface itself.
Police report that drivers are adjusting their behaviour when the weather turns cold. Speeds are lower, and driving is more cautious when there is a risk of ice. This change is seen across the region during weather conditions.
“We have been spared from accidents on the slippery roads in recent days, and we hope to keep it that way,”
the police concluded.
Police said in the speeding case in Willebroek, the driver ignored both the warnings and the traffic rules. Because of the seriousness of the offence, the motorist will have to appear before the police court. A judge will review the case and decide on the penalties.
On April 9, 2025, the Belgian Police undertook a 24‐hour blitz marathon on speed monitoring in Belgium’s various locations to measure and monitor speed across Belgium. Within this nationwide operation, police personnel reported multiple critical excessive speeding violations, including that of a motorist driving 151 km/h within a 50 km/h speed limit around Brussels and other drivers driving dangerously at excessive speeds, such as 185 km/h on a freeway.
All offenders had their driver’s licenses confiscated and will have a court appearance. In addition, locally in the Scheldewaas area, police have a similar extreme speed violation in November of 2025, where a driver’s speed was measured at 148 km/h in the Steendorpsban in Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht, where the speed limit is 50 km/h.
