There is a speed limit in place for the entire road network in Luxembourg, even where there are no signs. This rule applies to all drivers, regardless of the type of vehicle.
| €49 FIXED PENALTY NOTICE |
€145 FIXED PENALTY NOTICE + 2 POINTS DEDUCTED |
SPEEDING OFFENCE |
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Failure to observe the mandatory speed limit: |
Failure to observe the mandatory speed limit: |
Only in the event of repeating a first serious violation |
< 15 km/h over the speed limit in a built-up area |
> 15 km/h over the speed limit in a built-up area
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> 75 km/h in a built-up area |
< 20 km/h over the speed limit outside a built-up area |
> 20 km/h over the speed limit outside a built-up area
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> 135 km/h outside a built-up area |
up to 25 km/h over the speed limit on the motorway |
> 25 km/h over the speed limit on the motorway |
> 195 km/h on the motorway (> 165 km/h in wet weather) |
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Fine of between €500 and €10,000 and imprisonment for between 8 days and 3 years, or only one of these penalties |
Margins of tolerance:
- When the speed measured is between 25 and 100 km/h, the margin of tolerance is 3 km/h.
- When the speed measured is over 100 km/h, the margin of tolerance is 3%.
Speeding offence:
- The offender must have exceeded the mandatory speed limit by more than 50% or the speed recorded must have been at least 20 km/h over this limit.
- The offender must previously have committed one serious speeding violation and have paid a fixed penalty notice for speeding for a violation deemed serious, or previously have been convicted of a speeding violation deemed serious, or previously have been convicted of a speeding violation deemed an offence (speeding offence).
- The infraction (speeding offence) must be committed within 3 years of the day on which the fixed penalty notice incurred for a serious speeding violation was paid, either at the scene, by bank transfer or by VISA card, or of a final conviction for a serious speeding violation or a final conviction for a speeding offence.