A driver destroys the radar with the most fines in Santiago de Compostela

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2023-04-28 17:40:12

Since its entry into operation in 2020, it has raised more than two million euros

Section of the SC20 in Santiago de Compostela F. P.

A driver has hammered this morning to destroy one of the radars that impose the most speeding fines in Santiago de Compostela.

This is the cinemimeter located on the SC-20 of Santiago in Conxo in a southerly direction, towards O Milladoiro. According to the City Council, the event occurred around two in the morning. A neighbor of Milladoiro author went by car to the point where the radar is located, got out of the vehicle and began to hit it with a hammer, breaking the protective glass of the radar.

According to the DGT, on urban roads with a 50km/h limit, the level of speed compliance by passenger cars is 65%, the third highest value of the 13 countries with which we share a limit.

On 30 km/h streets, the level of compliance is 32%, the highest value of the three countries for which data is available. It should also be noted that the average speed of cars in streets 30 is 11 km/h lower than that of streets 50 (36 versus 47 km/h), a difference that represents a great reduction in the risk of fatal collisions. or serious.

Failure to comply with these rules is classified as a serious or very serious infraction, sanctioned with fines of 100 to 600 euros and the withdrawal of between 2 and 6 points.

The radar began operating in July 2020 in a section limited to 50 kilometers per hour on the outskirts of the Galician city, where the speed is generally up to 70. During its first months of operation, it “caught” more than 17,000 drivers driving with excessive speed, they were fined. The collection amounts to more than two million euros.


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