The General Directorate of Traffic, in its commitment to join forces and collaborate with other administrations to improve road safety in urban areas and reduce the accident rate on this type of road, continues to work so that local administrations are integrated into PSAN, the application for the sanctioning procedure that allows the ITV and …
To drive on the road, the car needs to pass the Inspección Técnica de Vehículos, a vehicle inspection similar to the UK’s MOT, commonly known as the ITV. In the inspection, it is verified that the vehicle complies with the safety and polluting emission standards, whilst the technicians verify that there are no faults that …
If you have been caught committing a traffic offence, you are most likely to have been issued with a fine. However, sometimes mistakes do happen, or maybe you weren’t responsible for the offence being committed, in which case there is a procedure for appealing. The DGT filed an average of 10,000 traffic fines per day …
It might seem obvious, but visibility is essential to safe driving. For this, we must keep our car in good condition, including the windscreen wipers, which, according to the DGT, should be replaced more frequently than you perhaps realise. In time, there will be signs that indicate that we should change the blade as soon …
The General Directorate of Traffic, through the agents of the Traffic Group of the Guardia Civil, carried out a special surveillance and control campaign on roads especially frequented by motorcyclists that has resulted in 963 complaints filed, out of a total of 25,884 motorcycles controlled. As usual, most of the controls were carried out on …