The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) in collaboration with the local police starts a new traffic surveillance campaign focused on speed. From April 17 to April 23, special risk sections associated with speed will be controlled, as well as points where traffic exceeds the established limit and there is a high accident rate.
In view of its preventive nature, reports the DGT, the existence of the controls will be announced to drivers, either through variable message panels, or through circumstantial vertical signage when the road does not have said panels.
The DGT recalls that inappropriate speed is the third most common contributing factor in traffic accidents, especially those with fatalities, with more than 251 cases in 2022. Speed ??not only affects the risk of being involved in a traffic accident traffic but also that the higher the speed, the more difficult it will be to react in time to prevent the accident and the more serious the injuries produced as a result of it will be.
This campaign is part of a European initiative developed by the RoadPol association (European Roads Policing Network). In this sense, the RoadPol Speed ??Marathon will take place on Friday, April 21, an action to control speed throughout the European continent that this year celebrates its tenth edition and last year more than 14,900 police officers from traffic from 19 countries that controlled more than 3,100,000 drivers at 10,500 checkpoints.
Failure to comply with the speed limits is classified as a serious and very serious offense, with fines of 100 to 600 euros and the loss of between two and six points from the license. Likewise, it is a crime to drive with excess speed greater than the established 60 km/h on urban roads and 80 km/h on interurban roads.
It should be remembered that the new Traffic Law eliminates the permissiveness to exceed the speed limit established on two-way roads by 20 kilometers when overtaking another vehicle.
If the maximum speed limit in the city is exceeded by 60 km/h and 80 km/h on interurban roads, the penalties can range from three to six months in prison, a fine of six to twelve months or work for the benefit of the community. from 31 to 90 days. In addition, offenders will be deprived of the right to drive for a period of between one and four years.
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