Where will New Radars be Located?

The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) has acquired a new batch of “super-radars” to add to the arsenal of tools the Guardia Civil traffic officers have to monitor and deal with speeding vehicles, and these radars will be positioned in more places than ever before, to try to reduce one of the increasingly worrying contributors to road traffic collision and fatalities.

According to data provided by the DGT, the number of serious incidents caused by inappropriate speed has increased. For this reason, new measure to combat the problem are being implemented, including a new location for mobile radars.

This new location for the DGT mobile radars joins another decision announced by the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, which consists of the installation of 95 new fixed speed control radars on Spanish roads, of which the 60 percent will be section radars.

In relation to the new location of the speed radars, the director of the DGT, Pere Navarro, was in charge of making the announcement during the Road Safety Commission of the Congress of Deputies.

As Pere Navarro has pointed out, the Traffic Agency is working to place the mobile radars in a new location where, until now, they have never been located. Furthermore, the director of the DGT has indicated that they want to implement this measure in the summer, so special care will have to be taken since it would affect the vacation trips.

One of the areas where a focus will take place is in sections of roadworks. Traffic is generally slowed down in roadworks partly due to the changed dynamics of the road, but also to protect the workers operating on the stretch, and yet, so many people ignore the restrictions, almost with blatant disregard for the lives of others.

There will also be a greater intensity of checks on motorways, as previously announced, and a continuation of checks in high-risk areas.

It is worth remembering that the locations of fixed cameras are published by the DGT, but, as we have mentioned a couple of times recently, the sharing of temporary radars is not allowed. Moreover, the use of radar detectors which can alert drivers to the presence of these devices is prohibited, not only by their use, but simply by owning one.

The most important thing to remember is that speed limits, wherever they might be, are maximums, never a target, and the prevailing conditions could dictate that you should drive slower.