{"id":178916,"date":"2025-12-09T10:58:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T09:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=178916"},"modified":"2025-12-09T10:58:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T09:58:51","slug":"belgian-old-seat-belt-exemptions-no-longer-valid-as-of-january-1st-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2025\/12\/09\/belgian-old-seat-belt-exemptions-no-longer-valid-as-of-january-1st-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgische vrijstellingen voor oude veiligheidsgordels zijn vanaf 1 januari 2026 niet meer geldig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vanaf 1 januari 2026 zijn medische vrijstellingen voor het gebruik van veiligheidsgordels niet langer geldig in Belgi\u00eb. 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Anyone who benefits from an old exemption, issued before March 1st, 2022, and whose state of health still justifies the impossibility of wearing a seatbelt, will have to submit a new application.An exemption is only valid if it is recognized under the current legal framework. This is a\u00a0federal decision, meaning it applies\u00a0everywhere in Belgium: Flanders, Wallonia, and Brussels.This content has been archived. 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