Pick up The Courier with Motoring Plus The Courier newspaper is out now and features the latest copy of their fortnightly Motoring+ supplement. The Courier is the only official media partner of the n332 project in the Torrevieja and Orihuela areas, and they will bring some of Read More ... The post Pick up The Courier with Motoring Plus appeared first on Driving In Spain. Read More
Hero Cop Stops Runaway Stolen Truck Officers from the Guardia Civil have recovered a stolen articulated lorry in Salamanca which contained tobacco and stolen goods valued at around 150,000 euro. The officers received a report of a robbery from a service station at Pedrosillo el Ralo Read More ... The post Hero Cop Stops Runaway Stolen Truck appeared first on Driving In Spain. Read More
Military Honoured in La Mata on Friday Members of the Guardia Civil traffic department, along with a couple of their motorbikes, weather permitting, will be involved in a display recognising the work of the armed forces in La Mata, Torrevieja, on Friday, 10th of July, 2015. The Read More ... The post Military Honoured in La Mata on Friday appeared first on Driving In Spain. Read More
Minor damage in Distraction Crash A passenger car crashed into the back of a vehicle in Boiro, a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia, with the Guardia Civil immediately on the scene to ensure everybody was safe. The Read More ... The post Minor damage in Distraction Crash appeared first on Driving In Spain. Read More
Car Driver Injured in Orihuela Train Crossing Crash An Alicante to Murcia commuter train smashed into a car on an unguarded level crossing in the Orihuela municipality on Tuesday, the car driver apparently oblivious to the presence of the train or the warning lights on the crossing. The Read More ... The post Car Driver Injured in Orihuela Train Crossing Crash appeared first on Driving In Spain. Read More
Different Coloured Pedestrian Crossings We have been asked many different times about the significance of other colours used on pedestrian crossings. Most people are aware of what we might call a “zebra”, with black and white alternating stripes across the road, but what about Read More ... The post Different Coloured Pedestrian Crossings appeared first on Driving In Spain. Read More
Road Fatality and Injury Statistics Released The Director General of Traffic, María Seguí, has this week presented the conclusions of road incident statistics for 2014. Last year there were 91,570 injury incidents in which 1,688 people died and 9,574 were injured to such a severity they Read More ... The post Road Fatality and Injury Statistics Released appeared first on Driving In Spain. Read More
Mallorca Traffic Officer Killed on Duty A Guardia Civil traffic officer has been killed whilst on duty following an incident in Llucmajor, the largest municipality of the Balearic Island of Majorca, on Thursday. The officer was hit by a van whilst attending an incident in which Read More ... The post Mallorca Traffic Officer Killed on Duty appeared first on Driving In Spain. Read More
Happy Birthday to the Penalty Point This week marked the ninth anniversary of Spain´s driver penalty point system for traffic offences. Unlike the UK where points are added for committing offences, in Spain, drivers start with an allocation of points, which can increase in the case Read More ... The post Happy Birthday to the Penalty Point appeared first on Driving In Spain. Read More
Road Fatalities Declined in First Semester With still a long way to go on the road to zero, fatalities on the roads of Spain declined in the first six months of the year, with 11 fewer deaths than 2014. Tragically, 496 people still lost their lives Read More ... The post Road Fatalities Declined in First Semester appeared first on Driving In Spain. Read More
Summer Road Campaign Launched The Director General of the DGT traffic department, María Seguí, has announced details of this year´s summer road operation, which begins on Friday. With the intention of ensuring the safety and fluidity in the roads, there will be an anticipated Read More ... The post Summer Road Campaign Launched appeared first on Driving In Spain. Read More
More Mobile Radar Locations to be Published Following the success of the pilot scheme launched in Asturias and Castile y Leon, the DGT has announced that from July they will expand the publication of the location of mobile speed detectors on the roads. Specifically, from July, the Read More ... The post More Mobile Radar Locations to be Published appeared first on Driving In Spain. Read More