Road managers in Panama are dreading the very creation of Twitter, after a new system was developed that sent them a tweet every time a vehicle went over a pothole in the road. The system, named “The Tweeting Pothole”, was Read More ...

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In the provisional count by the DGT between 15:00 on Friday and 20:00 on Sunday, seven people have lost their lives on the roads of Spain. There have also been a number of incidents which have resulted in a variety Read More ...

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It looks great in one of the nine optional colours already available, but now the new Jeep Renegade has a new colour scheme: blue and yellow stripes. This striking Renegade police car is the result of a new partnership, announced Read More ...

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Traffic officers from the Guardia Civil were called to a crash at km 453,700 of the N-122 main road on Friday, only to find a car lay on its side in the carriageway. The vehicle had apparently left a roundabout Read More ...

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Pressure is being put on the government to ban the sale of used tyres amid increasing safety fears from industry professionals. It is estimated that 300,000 vehicles on the roads of Spain are fitted with used tyres, a figure which Read More ...

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Officers from the Guardia Civil traffic department stopped a vehicle which had been driving at 235 kilometres per hour on the AP-7 motorway in the Corbera area of the Ribera Baixa in the Valencian Community. The limit on the road Read More ...

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Officers from the Guardia Civil traffic department were forced to launch a search to find and identify the driver of a car which had crashed off the N-332 main road in the La Marina area of the southern Alicante province. Read More ...

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The Guardia Civil traffic department are starting to take delivery of new vehicles across the country, replacing some of their older fleet with newer, more modern and powerful cars, all of which have been meticulously tested to ensure the maximum Read More ...

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A lot of people in Spain are asking how the Spanish laws on appropriate footwear differ from the UK. You can read more about wearing flip flops and high heels when driving in Spain on the website, and then you Read More ...

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The first major traffic movement monitoring campaign of the summer began on Monday, with Operación Paso del Estrecho set to facilitate 2.5 million people and 600,000 vehicles between Europe and Africa. The operation runs until the 15th of September and Read More ...

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Two people have lost their lives and eleven people have been injured in two major traffic incidents on the roads of Spain, in the provisional count by the DGT between 15:00 on Friday and 20:00 on Sunday. The first incident Read More ...

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During the latest campaign to clamp down on the consumption of alcohol and drugs whilst driving, more than 2,600 drivers tested positive. During the campaign, which ran from the 1st to the 7th of June, officers from the Guardia Civil Read More ...

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