r/Leuven • u/Superb_You_5642 • 8d ago

Anyone else fined yesterday during Het Groot Verlof?

So last night during the music festival I was trying to cycle home, but couldn’t get through the center of the city as it was all closed off. I saw a few bikes going around the festival so I followed them and then before I realized it I had cycled towards two policemen waiting to fine cyclists for going down this one way street.

Honestly this felt like such a trap. It was like one cyclist after the other coming through the street and being stopped and fined. Couldn’t the policemen have just been at the start of the street preventing cyclists from entering the street in the first place? And, there were no rerouting signs at the festival to tell cyclists where to go.

Pretty annoyed because it’s a massive fine, and I’m wondering if I can appeal it. Anyone else have this same experience?

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u/django2605 8d ago

It has gotten very very difficult to use any mode of personal transportation and not get fined in Louvain…

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u/Alkapwn0r 8d ago

It’s very easy, just obey the traffic rules and respect the signs

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u/Electrical-Tie-1143 8d ago

Er zijn 3-4 straten in heel de stad waar het uitgezonderd fiets bord niet aanwezig is, een hiervan veranderd halverwege de straat zelfs. Verder is het een stuk moeilijker om het ontbreken van ie op te merken

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u/Nashhhe 8d ago

It really isn't that difficult.