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Special Campaign to Focus on Secondary Road Dangers

By N332
06/11/2018
in :  Spain
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Oncde again, all this week, and through the weekend, an intensified campaign is running focussing on one of the areas of the Spanish road network where more fatalities and serious injuries take place, conventional roads. In 2015, there were 23,729 injury incidents on conventional roads, in which 971 people lost their lives, almost 3 people …

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Check Your Keys!

By N332
27/10/2018
in :  Spain
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As cars get more advanced, the technology sometimes replaces manual tasks normally performed by the driver, which sometimes takes away the element of apparent responsibility and the need for vigilance. Although the keys to the vehicle may not fall into that risk category, there are other problems associated with them that we have to be …

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Another Baby Locked Inside Car

By N332
14/10/2018
in :  Spain
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In the latest of what seems to be an increasing number of incidents, fire fighters have been called to rescue another baby locked inside a car. The latest incident occurred on Friday morning in Zaragoza, when rescuers were called to a vehicle on calle Monsterio de Siresa, according to the emergency services. The mother of …

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Baby Rescued after being Locked in Car

By N332
09/10/2018
in :  Spain
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Fire fighters from the Santander Provincial Consortium rescued a baby who had been trapped inside a vehicle in the Cantabrian capital. It was the child’s mother who alerted the authorities of the incident, when she called for assistance from the underground car park at the University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla. According to the details of …

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Vehicle Thefts Out of Control

By N332
06/10/2018
in :  Spain
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The theft of a motor vehicle is one of the most distressing and costly losses that an owner can suffer, not only because of the fact it can affect anybody, but because it can happen at any time and at any place. Like most countries, the theft of a vehicle is not considered a priority …

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Reduced Speed Limits and More Radars Promised

By N332
05/10/2018
in :  Spain
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Following a tragic summer on the roads of Spain, another disappointing buck to the trend of reducing fatalities, it is becoming increasingly clear to the DGT that a lack or responsible action by drivers can only be combated through further enforcement. The Director General of Traffic, Pere Navarro, is making it very clear, that the …

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Police Rammed by Drug Traffickers

By N332
17/09/2018
in :  Spain
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Officers from the National Police were forced to give chase to a fugitive vehicle through the streets of Elche (Alicante), after the car rammed them at a checkpoint in an attempt to evade detection.     The officers were involved in a routine checkpoint when a vehicle was seen acting suspiciously on approach. Apparently noting …

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Get Off Your Phone!!!

By N332
16/09/2018
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The DGT will launch a special campaign this week, aimed at clamping down on one of the primary contributing factors to road traffic collisions, using a mobile phone whilst driving. The campaign will start on Monday 17 September, running all week and through the weekend, with officers from the Guardia Civil, supported by colleagues in …

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Vehicles Trapped by Floods across Valencia

By N332
15/09/2018
in :  Spain
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Fire fighters across Valencia have been called to rescue vehicle occupants trapped by floods on Saturday morning. Overnight storms that continued into the morning caused significant surface water, which peaked at its problematic stage a little before 8:00 in the morning. Five vehicles became trapped on the road between the Carrefour supermarket and Aquopolis water …

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Do You Know the Latest Changes to Traffic Law?

By N332
13/09/2018
in :  Spain
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In a world in which we have to adapt to technological advances which are developing at an alarming rate, traffic laws also have to change constantly to keep up with many of these advances. Not only that, roads appear to be becoming more deadly, with a once declining trend in deaths and serious injuries, these …

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