A cyclist had an unpleasant surprise this week when he was found by traffic police officers to have been consuming excessive alcohol before riding his bicycle. Once a bicycle is being ridden it is classed as another vehicle, and the rider is therefore equally responsible for complying with all relevant traffic laws, including not using a mobile phone, not wearing …

This week, there will be an intensified safety campaign on the roads of Spain, focusing on one of the main contributors to vehicle incidents, alcohol and drugs. The campaign will run from Monday through to Sunday with Guardia Civil officers out in force on the roads, carrying out random spot checks, as well as creating special drug and alcohol checkpoints. …

Formula 1 racing champion Fernando Alonso has put his name to an alcohol awareness campaign, saying “If you drive, do not drink”. The motor racing driver has collaborated in an anti drink driving campaign once before, during the 2007 season when he drove for McLaren. On Tuesday of this week, Alonso presented the latest campaign in Barcelona, urging everybody to …

Officers from the Guardia Civil in Murcia arrested the driver of a 40-ton articulated truck who was driving with nine times the permitted amount of alcohol in his system. The vehicle was observed zigzagging as it drove along the A-30 Albacete to Murcia road in the Murcia area, after several other drivers reported the vehicle to the police. Having stopped …

The European Commission has presented plan son Monday that will facilitate the implementation of devices that block vehicles from starting if it detects that the driver has consumed alcohol. The plan extends a mechanism that already applies to drivers punished for drink driving in three member states, and the plan is now to implement the measure across the continent for …