{"id":21243,"date":"2026-05-08T20:11:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/rechten-politiecontrole-verkeer\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T20:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:17:30","slug":"rights-police-control-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/rights-police-control-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"Your rights during a police traffic stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During a police check in traffic, you have both rights and obligations. Novex Lawyers explains what the police may demand and what you can refuse - and what the consequences of refusal are.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are police allowed to do during a traffic stop?<\/h2><p>The police may ask you to show your identification card, driver's license and registration certificate. They may take a breath test, check your vehicle for technical condition, and if suspected, take a saliva test for drugs.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can you refuse the breath test?<\/h2><p>No - refusal of the breath test is punishable and equated to intoxication. Thus, the penalties are as severe as a positive test. Refusal is almost never in your favor.<\/p><p><strong>Questions after an inspection? Call directly: 048 499 22 72<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/lawyer-traffic-law\/\">Traffic Lawyer Brussels<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/contact\/\">Contact Novex Lawyers<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Call: <a href=\"tel:+32484992272\">048 499 22 72<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:asfour@novexadvocaten.be\">asfour@novexadvocaten.be<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a police check in traffic, you have both rights and obligations. Novex Advocaten explains what the police may demand and what you can refuse - and what the consequences of refusal are. What are the police allowed to do during a traffic check? The police may ask you to show your identity card, driving license and registration certificate. They may conduct a [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verkeersrecht"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21253,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21243\/revisions\/21253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novexadvocaten.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}