Abstract
The results are presented of a traffic survey of foreigners in the netherlands. The aim was to compare the number of miles travelled by vehicles with a foreign number plate compared to those with a dutch number plate. The setting up and execution of this traffic survey can be considered as new and are discussed in detail. The study consists of three parts (1) a description of the field survey executed (2) presentation of the main study results and (3) an estimation of the number of vehicles having a foreign number plate as a percentage of total numbers of vehicles in the netherlands. It is shown that the share of both foreign cars and lorries in the total mileage on dutch roads is between 2% and 5%.