ARCHIVED - Dozens of new speed radars installed across Spain
Speeding surveillance will also be increased in a number of cities in Spain
The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) announced at the end of last year that it would renew its focus on slowing down drivers across Spain, and to this end, some 26 new speed control radars will be installed on Spanish roads in the first quarter of 2022.
A dozen of the cameras will be fixed radars of the kind most commonly seen in Spain, but 16 section radars will also be acquired which are capable of measuring the average speed at which a vehicle has been driving on a specific section of road. With the second type, the DGT hopes to cut down on drivers slamming on the brakes when they see a speed trap, only to accelerate above the limit once they have passed it by.
An unspecified number of drones will also be acquired this year to add to the already operational 40 that provide a unique eye in the sky for the traffic authorities.
With all of the new traffic laws coming into force during the spring of 2022, the director of the DGT, Pere Navarro, indicated that he hopes to reduce deaths and serious injuries on Spanish roads by 50% before the end of this decade.
Special attention will be paid to city driving, with the likes of Castellon, Ibiza and Salamanca greatly increasing the number of radars to not only cut down on speeding offences but to also collar drivers committing any number of other infractions. Barcelona, however, tops the list with no fewer than 34 new cameras being installed this year, displacing Madrid as the Spanish city with the most radars.
Image: DGT
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