In Spain, if you exceed the maximum permitted speed limit, you will most likely get a fine. If you exceed the maximum permitted speed limit excessively, you can find yourself in prison. These result, however, are the better option, as the consequences could be fatal for the driver, the other vehicle occupants, and other road users. According to the European …

When out and about in your vehicle, it is possible that you will come across a police or Guardia Civil patrol, whether routinely moving through their area, or at a checkpoint, and it is quite possible that we may get stopped for a variety of reasons, so it is important we know how to act. We are talking specifically about …

Under the slogan “When you kill someone on the road, you kill them every day of your life”, the new campaign of the Directorate General of Traffic shows the consequences of alcohol consumption on driving, a factor that has increased its presence in the drivers involved in the fatal traffic accidents of the last year. The reason that has led …

The DGT has launched a new awareness campaign to coincide with the Easter period, focussing on the risks involved in the consumption of alcohol before driving. Although there is an alcohol limit established in law, a limit which is considerably lower than that of the UK for example, the only safe amount of alcohol that you should consume before driving …

Having undergone rigorous testing in numerous different locations and scenarios, the use of drones has now been approved for monitoring traffic violations and, more importantly, the evidence collected by them can be used for the issuing of fines and sanctions. The announcement was made by the DGT to coincide with one of the periods which sees traffic intensify on the …

The Director General of Traffic, Pere Navarro, has presented the details of this year´s special operation to deal with the flow of traffic around the Easter holidays, with the usual emphasis of ensuring a smooth flow of traffic whilst preventing traffic related incidents during the 10 day holiday period. During the Easter holidays of last year, 190 people didn´t return …

Following a video recorded by a passenger in a car, the Guardia Civil located and denounced a scooter rider who was travelling along a motorway and wearing headphones. The woman has been charged with two sanctions, firstly for riding the vehicle on a road where it was prohibited, and secondly for wearing headphones whilst she drove the scooter. The woman …