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CDA
November 25, 2022
The DGT campaign to monitor works on interurban roads offers a dangerous conclusion: we do not respect speed with works.
The drivers We are not at all respectful of the rules established in the sections of works that we meet on the roads. This is the main conclusion of the first surveillance and control campaign in the works on interurban roads carried out by the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) a little over a month ago.
Between September 24 and 30, this public body launched a control campaign on this type of section and the results are clearly improvable. 436 drivers were sanctioned for exceeding the specific speed in the sections of works and 242 were penalized for not respecting the signals, both traffic agents and construction workers, vertical signs, road markings, traffic lights, cones or light beacons or any other type of specific signaling.
156 accidents on sections of works in 2021
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During the campaign of the Directorate General of Traffic 140,711 vehicles were monitored, of which 4,679 drivers were denounced. 73 percent of them exceeded the specific maximum speed limit in the section. Likewise, 242 motorists were penalized for not respecting specific signs and another 153 were denounced for the use of mobile phones.
The rest of the infractions are distributed as follows: for not wearing a seat belt (140)for alcohol consumption (53), for drug use (11), for negligent driving (34), for not respecting the safety distance (30), for illegal overtaking (24) or illegal lane changes (22) .
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This campaign arises as a measure to alleviate the 156 accidents that occurred in sections of works during 2021 in which workers from the road maintenance and upkeep services were involved. In these incidents, 19 workers were involved, of whom seven were run over and two of them died while working. Speeding and driver distractions were the main reasons.
