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1 in 10 Cyclists Reads Messages While Riding: 202 Euro Fine if You Get Caught

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One in ten cyclists reads messages on their mobile phone while riding. Among regular users of electric scooters, that proportion rises to one in five. This is according to a new survey by insurer Baloise and the Vias Institute among 1,542 people in Belgium. Today and tomorrow, the police are conducting extra checks on distraction in traffic throughout the country.

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Published this Thursday by the Institute Vias and Baloise while a control operation is under way, a new survey reveals that the use of the smartphone with handlebars also affects vulnerable users: 10% of cyclists and 20% of users of electric scooters admit to reading their messages while rolling. ...

·Brussels, Belgium
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One in ten cyclists reads messages on their mobile phone while riding. Among regular users of electric scooters, that proportion rises to one in five. This is according to a new survey by insurer Baloise and the Vias Institute among 1,542 people in Belgium. Today and tomorrow, the police are conducting extra checks on distraction in traffic throughout the country.

·Brussels, Belgium
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One in ten cyclists reads messages on their mobile phone while riding.

One in ten cyclists read their messages while riding, according to a Vias study. One in ten cyclists admits to reading their messages while riding, while 20%...

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vrt broke the news in Brussels, Belgium on Thursday, October 8, 2026.
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