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Emilio González highlights the low accident rate since the implementation of urban road limitations and the importance of driver awareness

19/04/2023
Emilio González highlights the low accident rate since the implementation of urban road limitations and the importance of driver awareness

The subdelegate of the Government supervised the campaign of the DGT of control and surveillance of speed and underlines the informative importance of this type of campaigns to inform of the risks Emilio González thanks the Provincial Traffic Headquarters and the Local Police of Ourense that they have joined the campaign that is carried out in urban and conventional roads In the first quarter of 2023 in the province of Ourense a total of 4 people died, 24 serious accidents motivated by excesses of speed which represents a third of the traffic accidents

Ourense, April 19, 2023.- “The factor of excess speed or inadequate speed is present in a multitude of road accidents, either as a single or joint cause in the production of the accident.”, this is one of the main messages with which this morning has started the campaign of control and surveillance and speed that from this Monday, May 17 and until Friday, April 21 starts the DGT.

The subdelegate of the Government has been present in the control of this campaign in the province of Ourense that has been carried out this morning in PK 2 of the OU-536 as it passed through Os Viros - conventional road with the highest accident rate in the province - where it has been accompanied by the provincial traffic chief, David Llorente; the provincial traffic deputy chief of the province, Andrea Conde; the accidental lieutenant head of the traffic subsector of the Civil Guard in Ourense, Javier Barja. Emilio González defended the message that “The objective of this campaign is to reduce the average speed, and the municipal police will be supported to achieve greater reach.”

During his speech, Emilio González recalled that “excesses of speed represent seven out of ten sanctions imposed on Galician roads”. The campaign is carried out not only on the road but also in the streets of the municipalities with local police who join the campaign.

In Ourense the Local Police of the city may carry out some control in this regard. Gonzalez recalled that since March 11, 2021, the maximum speed of 30 km/h in one-lane streets per direction has been governed; in the city of Ourense, no death has been recorded since that measure approved by the Government.

These controls are intended to control overspeed, which is the speed at which we travel higher than that allowed on the road in question (generic speed or specific speed according to signaling).

On the other hand, inadequate speed is also important. Even though it is legal, it is not adequate to circulate in adverse weather conditions, sections with works, in poor condition or with similar incidents.