The DGT begins tomorrow a speed control campaign focused on the conventional roads and urban areas of Galicia

The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) will start tomorrow, Monday, April 17, a speed control campaign that will have a special impact on conventional roads (those that have only one lane in each direction) and on the urban roads of the Galician community. This initiative, which is part of the DGT’s annual programming, aims to achieve a greater reduction in average speed and will be maintained throughout the week, until Sunday 23.

The campaign will be coordinated by the provincial traffic headquarters and will use the maximum possible means, with the notification, when possible, of the existence of controls through the variable signage panels and on the alphanumeric screens of the vehicles of the Traffic Group located in the immediate vicinity.

In addition, in these controls the DGT will have the support of the different local police of the municipalities in its field of action, a very important collaboration to unify the message of respect to the limits of speed established regardless of the route through which it is circulated.

The controls shall ensure compliance with the generic and specific limits for speed, speed in overtaking and distances between vehicles. In this regard, it should be remembered that in March 2022, the rule that prevents drivers from exceeding the speed by 20km/h to advance on conventional roads came into force.

The campaign seeks to raise awareness among drivers of the close relationship between inadequate speed and accidents. Unlike the incompatibility between alcohol and driving or the use of seat belts and helmets, which are not questioned, the consideration of speed as a risk factor has not acquired the same level of acceptance among drivers, despite the fact that in 22% of fatal accidents registered nationwide in 2019 speed was appreciated as a concurrent factor. Controls will be strengthened on those more dangerous sections of conventional roads where there are more accidents and deaths with speed as a concurrent factor.

Violation data for 2021

In 2021, the 378,798 penalties for inappropriate speed were exceeded in Galicia, representing 7 out of 10 infractions that were committed on the road in that year.

Of this total, 220,677 infractions were detected by fixed radars and 158,121 by mobile radars. The total number of sanctions registered in Galicia was 509,294.

Previous campaign results

During the campaign that took place last year in July 2022, 202,411 vehicles were controlled, of which 14,144 drivers were offended and, therefore, denounced for overspeed, which represents 7% of the total number of vehicles controlled.