"The present set of traffic rules was imposed in 1975 and was written at a time when the situation on the roads was completely different. We had less traffic, but we didn't know mobile phones, we didn't have as many cycleways", explains Karin Genoe in an open letter in De Tijd. "This is why we say: think things through. We will have to do a thorough revision at one stage - it has even been planned - but maybe we can seize that opportunity to go one step further, starting from scratch."

Genoe says that the present book is too complicated and gives an example. "The Netherlands are using 75 words in the section about bus lanes, we in Belgium need 600 words." The language used is also old-fashioned and contains words that are obsolete and that nobody still knows.