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New speed tolerance limits in Spain
New speed tolerance limits in Spain
by scubydoo » Sat Feb 21, 2015 9:50 am
SPAIN'S traffic authorities have published their 'speed camera tolerance threshold' list and warn that restrictions came into force on 19/02/2015.
Limits of up to 100 kilometres per hour with speed cameras set up, either fixed ones or temporary speed traps, will be programmed to catch drivers travelling at seven kilometres per hour or more above the limit.
These measures will not apply in the regions of Catalunya and the Basque Country, which have their own separate traffic authorities.
This means in a 60-kilometre limit, drivers will not be fined until they are caught travelling at 68 kilometres per hour.
From 100 kilometres per hour upwards, speed traps will be set to record driver details once they exceed the speed limit by 7% or more.
On motorways, where the speed limit is 120 kilometres per hour unless stated, anyone driving at 131 kilometres per hour or more will be fined.
And once the planned 130-kilometre stretches are in place, those travelling at over 139 kilometres per hour will face penalties.
Every month, the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) will carry out special crackdown campaigns in 1,200 places on Spain's roads, and will publish on its website - http://www.dgt.es - where these will be in advance.
Cameras will always be visible to drivers, even mobile ones on roadside tripods, a short time in advance but long enough for drivers to be able to slow down.
"Fining drivers is not the end aim at all - the presence of speed cameras is to discourage and prevent speeding and to ensure drivers respect speed limits in general, especially in accident blackspots," the DGT claims on its website.
Unmarked cars will be employed to catch known speeders who regularly break the limits by excessive amounts.
Another 30 cameras are set to go up, mainly on back roads rather than motorways.
Eight in 10 road deaths happen on secondary roads, or a total of 892 in 2014.
The margin for error in speeds, known as 'Tolerance 7', has been established firstly to ensure all cameras across the country are consistent and a driver would not be fined in one region where he or she would be considered within legal limits in another, and also to ensure motorists who do not have digital speed-o-meters can judge better whether or not they are travelling too fast.
Limits of up to 100 kilometres per hour with speed cameras set up, either fixed ones or temporary speed traps, will be programmed to catch drivers travelling at seven kilometres per hour or more above the limit.
These measures will not apply in the regions of Catalunya and the Basque Country, which have their own separate traffic authorities.
This means in a 60-kilometre limit, drivers will not be fined until they are caught travelling at 68 kilometres per hour.
From 100 kilometres per hour upwards, speed traps will be set to record driver details once they exceed the speed limit by 7% or more.
On motorways, where the speed limit is 120 kilometres per hour unless stated, anyone driving at 131 kilometres per hour or more will be fined.
And once the planned 130-kilometre stretches are in place, those travelling at over 139 kilometres per hour will face penalties.
Every month, the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) will carry out special crackdown campaigns in 1,200 places on Spain's roads, and will publish on its website - http://www.dgt.es - where these will be in advance.
Cameras will always be visible to drivers, even mobile ones on roadside tripods, a short time in advance but long enough for drivers to be able to slow down.
"Fining drivers is not the end aim at all - the presence of speed cameras is to discourage and prevent speeding and to ensure drivers respect speed limits in general, especially in accident blackspots," the DGT claims on its website.
Unmarked cars will be employed to catch known speeders who regularly break the limits by excessive amounts.
Another 30 cameras are set to go up, mainly on back roads rather than motorways.
Eight in 10 road deaths happen on secondary roads, or a total of 892 in 2014.
The margin for error in speeds, known as 'Tolerance 7', has been established firstly to ensure all cameras across the country are consistent and a driver would not be fined in one region where he or she would be considered within legal limits in another, and also to ensure motorists who do not have digital speed-o-meters can judge better whether or not they are travelling too fast.
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Re: New speed tolerance limits in Spain
by greasemonkey » Mon Feb 23, 2015 6:36 pm
Well done!! I wish Spanish drivers obeyed the speed limits.They invariably overtake me,sometimes on a solid white line.Makes my blood boil !!
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Re: New speed tolerance limits in Spain
by marcliff » Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:56 pm
greasemonkey wrote:Well done!! I wish Spanish drivers obeyed the speed limits.They invariably overtake me,sometimes on a solid white line.Makes my blood boil !!
You sure they're Spanish? I think many expats get into the "when in Spain" syndrome and I have regularly been overtaken by obvious non-Spanish drivers. They also seem to forget the car was fitted with indicators, as well. I followed a Brit from Consum today up to Gama. No idea how many left and right turns that are (but quite a few) and not one indicator was used. I've also almost been taken out a few times on the roundabouts by expats who seem to think the "Spanish Way" is wrong so they'll do as they think fit.
And thanks for those tolerances, Scuby. However they are there for a reason. Perhaps your speedo isn't calibrated correctly or you're tyres are under/over pressurised or something else that would give you a false reading. Best to stick to the limits and not gamble on the "tolerances" saving you.
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Re: New speed tolerance limits in Spain
by greasemonkey » Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:59 pm
Yes,if everyone stuck to the speed limits perhaps we wouldn't have one of the highest death rates in Europe.
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