The road circulation goes beyond following the lines that delimit your own lane. You must pay attention to numerrable factors of both your own vehicle, as well as the other vehicles that circulate on the same route to preserve everyone’s safety.
Therefore, the General Directorate of Traffic requires knowing the circulation standards published in the Official State Gazette (BOE). Within these norms, the General Circulation Regulations and the Traffic Law stand out.
In these documents all the Driver behavior standards, road situations and obedience to both traffic signs, as well as agents and rest of beacons existing on the road.
The new traffic signal that confuses drivers in Spain
The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) has introduced The S991F signalincorporated into the new signal catalog that entered into force on July 1. This signal warns about the use of an electronic device aimed at monitoring the minimum safety distance between vehicles on highways and highways: 70 meters as a mandatory reference.
Failure to comply with these regulations can lead to great sanctions such as a fine of 200 euros and the loss of 4 points of the driving license. Therefore, it is very important to know and respect the new signs that are introduced to the catalog.
The new radar that is fine for not carrying the compulsory safety distance
The operation of this radar is similar to that of speed radars: Through sensors, cameras and automatic systems, it detects if a vehicle circulates at an insufficient distance with respect to the preceding and records the infraction immediately. The sanction for not respecting the minimum distance is considered a serious infraction, with a fine of 200 euros and the loss of 4 points in the driving license. In more serious cases, such as when the lack of separation causes an accident by scope, The fine can increase up to 500 euros and 6 -point withdrawal.
The main objective of this measure is to reduce accidents due to rear collisions, which caused 78 deaths and 273 serious injured on highways and highways for 2023. To help drivers, the DGT recommends practical methods to calculate the safety distance, such as the rule of counting between two and three seconds since a fixed point passes until the vehicle itself passes through that same point.
Although this regulation is not new, now to have automatic devices that sanction its breach seeks to improve road safety in sections where speed can reach up to 120 km/h.
This new radar has generated debate among drivers, who They consider difficult to calculate the right distance in intense traffic situationsbut the DGT maintains that it is a key tool to reduce the accidents by reach in the Spanish fast roads.
The S-991F signal is being installed mainly in areas where more accidents have been recorded historically related to insufficient safety distance, thus reinforcing the effective prevention and control of this infraction