Also that offenders who exhaust their points can continue driving
It is no longer allowed to exceed the established speed limit on conventional roads by up to 20 km/h to carry out an overtaking manoeuvre. Although this margin was questioned in the preliminary draft of the new Traffic Law, it will finally come into force tomorrow. A measure that Motorists call “disappointing” and that “increases the risk of having an accident” on these roads.
“We do not agree at all. We would have liked someone to have provided studies to support this measure; existing, on the contrary, others who do not advise it, ”Mario Arnaldo, president of Associated European Motorists (AEA), has detailed to this newspaper. He also points out that this new rule means “changing the signage and prohibiting overtaking in two out of three sections of the 160,000 kilometers of conventional roads in Spain.” “Otherwise, they are creating a trap for drivers and that is a risk,” he adds.
Likewise, “the reform has a clear sanctioning nature and does not affect aspects that were necessary and that directly affect road safety,” he details. Specifically, he refers to the fact that, in the case of mobile phones, which went from 3 to 6 points, «it could be the technology itself that would solve the problem and not the fines. As is the case of the obligation of anti-start breathalyzers in passenger transport vehicles, that the mobiles detect when we start up and the ‘car mode’ is activated ».
Similarly, “relevant aspects of the new Personal Mobility Vehicles have not been regulated either: the minimum age at which one of these vehicles can be driven has not been regulated, nor has the way of identifying them been established, and not even if They have to have insurance.”
Lastly, and as far as the points permit is concerned, Arnaldo denounces that “the loss of points is not applied to foreign drivers who commit offenses in our country, and it is not determined how to prevent offenders from continuing to drive legally, not only have exhausted their points balance, but may have fewer than 200.
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