Many are the situations that can be given on the road. Therefore, it is key to know how to react to each of them both to avoid an accident, and to avoid committing an infraction.
For this reason, The General Directorate of Traffic requires knowing the circulation standards established in the Official State Gazette (BOE). These include two mainly, the General Circulation Regulation where all traffic signals and situations in which a driver must act are collected. And the Traffic Law, which regulates road safety in general, vehicle approval, technical inspection and traffic management.
However, there are situations on the road where Civil Guard agents can perform certain maneuvers that require driver’s attention and that they must be interpreted correctly to avoid a fine for ignoring the authorities.
What does it mean that the Civil Guard takes you a green flag?
According to him Article 133 Of the General Regulation of Circulation, in the first place of the order of preference in terms of traffic signals are the agents of the authority: “a) Signs and orders of the agents of the authority in charge of the surveillance of traffic in the exercise of the functions that have been entrusted.”
When a traffic group vehicle shows us a red flagwhat is telling us is that The road through which it circulates is temporarily closed to trafficso that all unofficial vehicles or all vehicles that are not escorted by them must withdraw from the road.
Other signs made by the Civil Guard on the road
In addition to the yellow flag, The Civil Guard can show you a red and green flageach with a different meaning depending on what is happening on the road or the maneuver that the agents themselves will perform.
Red flag: This signage informs the rest of drivers and users the need to extreme attention due to the proximity of a potential danger.
Green flag: The green flag means the opposite that the red, that is, it is telling us that the road is again open to traffic.
In addition to megafonÃa and flags, The traffic agent can communicate its indications with the arm. Specifically, what will do will be to get your arm through the window and keep it extended and down. This is indicating the obligation to stop our vehicle on the right side of the road.
Another method that a traffic agent too You can use to indicate that we must stop the car on the road is through light signals. The difference with the previous case is that before the indications were being in front of them. Now it will be placed behind us. In this situation, what will do will be to turn on an intermittent or flashy red or yellow light.
Fine for not obeying the Civil Guard of Traffic
If the orders reach us from a car that approaches us from behind, the rule that we have to take into account is stop on the right margin, in a safe areaalthough it implies having to continue circulating until this space free of danger.
The Civil Guard car will stand behind you, for security; It is important that you do not leave the vehicle unless one of the agents ask you; This will approach you on the right side of the vehicle to communicate the reason for the stop. Once solved, you must wait for the agent to give you the pertinent signal to continue.
Of not doing so, or incorrectly interpreting these indications, we are risking committing an infraction for contempt, which is equivalent to a Fine of 200 euros and the loss of 4 points in the driving license.