Women Fear the Bike and Scooter Only 12% of people choose sustainable mobility to get around the city. Men, 15%, and women, 10%. This is one of the main conclusions of the study presented by the chain of Midas workshops, #EllasConducenPorLaCiudad, and which is part of the #EllasConducen initiative, whose godmother is the motorcycle racer Ana Carrasco. By cities, the women of Zaragoza are the ones … Read More
AP-7 Will be Free from January As has been promised for a number of areas across the country, the Government has this week confirmed that the toll section of part of the AP-7 will be free from January. The Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Julián López, confirmed that the Ministry of Public Works will lift the toll on the entire AP-7 route between Sant Joan d’Alacant … Read More
Bad Week for Vulnerable Road Users This week has seen a number of incidents involving some of the more vulnerable road users in the Alicante province, with a number of incidents, one of which proved fatal. An 80-year-old woman was hospitalised in a serious condition on Thursday after her cycle was in collision with a truck on the N-332 in Benidorm. A paramedic ambulance attended and … Read More
Choosing your ITV Station Following on from our recent article explaining some of the facts relating to the ITV inspection, one question is still continuing to crop up. The question relates to vehicles which are registered in the Valencia region and their eligibility to have the test carried out in Murcia, for example. As we explained, according to the information provided by the Ministry … Read More
Vehicle VAT Fraudsters Arrested Officers from the Guardia Civil have arrested seven people for allegedly defrauding the tax office of more than 48,800 euro in transactions purchasing high-end vehicles. The group would purchase the vehicles in Germany and import them into Spain, without paying VAT in either country. The fraud was possible through the creation of fake invoices. The investigation began when officers from … Read More
Classic Car Tour Arrives in Alicante Andorra, Huesca, Soria and Cuenca have already received the largest collection of touring classic cars in Europe, and now they have arrived in Alicante, before heading off with another four stages ahead, Almería, Cazorla, Ciudad Real and Madrid. More than one hundred teams have already completed half of the test, overcoming steep slopes, mud, puddles and many kilometres of road, … Read More
Meet Floki The Guardia Civil in Alicante has been joined by a new member, aged just 3, but with double the number of legs of the usual officer recruits. Meet Floki, a mixed German and Belgian Shepherd, who has begun patrolling the area accompanied by a human handler, Antonio. Floki is one of the many dogs born and raised in El Pardo, … Read More
Alicante Company Under Investigation for ‘Clocking’ Cars Officers from the Guardia Civil Guard are investigating the managers and an employee of an Alicante company accused of alleged crimes of fraud and forgery, by manipulating the odometers of several vehicles to increase their market value. The company was dismantled in July after 76 vehicles were found to have tampered odometers. In some cases, as much as 400,000 kilometers … Read More