Tag: DGT
Road deaths in Spain, in the midst of the pandemic, returns to 2016 levels
DESPITE significant reductions in mobility due to COVID-19 restrictions, 32 people have lost their lives on Spanish roads this Easter. According to official data released...
Spain’s DGT on the lookout for drivers who do not wear a mask in the car, handing out hefty...
SPAIN’S Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT) has warned of significant penalties faced by those who do not comply with mask wearing safety regulations while in...
21% of those who died in traffic accidents in Spain’s Malaga were not wearing seat belts
THE Directorate General of Road Traffic (DGT) is stepping up checks on correct seat belts use this week with a new special surveillance campaign. The...
Drivers to expect €200 fines for not giving cyclists more space and consideration on Spanish roads
MOTORISTS have been asked to act as if upcoming changes in safety laws are already in effect, or face fines of up to 200...
Camouflaged traffic van in Spain’s Malaga detects dozens of traffic violations a day – including SHAVING and having one...
The van doesn’t come equipped with speed cameras, but targets other serious driving offences instead
New traffic camera in Spain can spot speeding offenders from 1km away
The country’s transport body, the DGT, has revealed details of the new super camera, dubbed the Trucam II
Guardia Civil to ramp up speeding and drink driving campaigns in Spain with drones, helicopters and undercover cars
SPAIN'S Transport agency DGT has not issued travel predictions for the annual 'summer exodus' for the first time in history. Every year, as the summer...
REVEALED: French drivers are worse than British for road crimes in Spain
FRENCH and Portuguese drivers are far worse than British, when it comes to driving offences in Spain. The country’s Traffic Department, the DGT, have just...
Electric scooter riders to face fines ‘up to €500’ for riding without helmets and on city pavements in Alicante
POLICE in Alicante will have powers to fine electric scooter riders up to €500 for riding without a helmet or using city pavements, according...
WhatsApping while driving will lose you SIX POINTS from licence, under new DGT plans
WHATSAPP messaging while behind the wheel will soon see drivers lose six points from their licences. The new measures by Spain’s Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT)...
Drones which can photograph drivers using their mobile phone from 2km away launched in Spain TODAY
It comes after 31 people died and another 159 were seriously injured during Holy Week last year
New ‘hidden speed cameras’ to be rolled out across Spain within days
The DGT hopes it will help reduce accidents caused by speeding
WATCH: Thousands rescued from frozen cars in Spain, hundreds of soldiers deployed
HUNDREDS of soldiers had to be deployed in Spain last night to rescue people from their cars. The resuce effort came after more than 3,500...
Spain’s transport network prepares for travel chaos for five-day weekend
Extra speed cameras and patrol cars will be in place on traffic hotspots on the Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol.
Spanish drivers fine about fines with just 1% appealing them
Just 1.15% of drivers in Spain are appealing their traffic fines from the General Directorate of Traffic
Spain launches week long campaign to clampdown on drink drivers and drug abusers
More Guardia Civil officers will be out on the roads as well as the creation of extra drug and alcohol checkpoints
Spain’s National Traffic Authority spends nearly €2 million on 30 laser speed cameras
The speed traps enable a high-end way to tackle speed fiends and will be rolled out in 14 provinces
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