Tag: motoring

The Modernising of the Roadside Warning

Hopefully, we all know by now that there are certain items which are mandatory in vehicles. Spare wheel and tools to change it (or emergency repair kit that some modern cars carry), high visibility vests, and two warning triangles are the main items, but times are changing and warning triangles are in the process of …

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Woman Arrested for doing a U-turn on a Motorway to Avoid Tolls

The Guardia Civil has arrested a woman for doing a u-turn and driving in the opposite direction to usual, with manifest recklessness and seriously endangering people’s lives. The incident occurred on the R-3 motorway, connecting Madrid, Arganda del Rey and Tarancón. The personnel monitoring the road reported that a vehicle had made a u-turn when …

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Child Injured in Electric Scooter Crash

A 13-year-old child has been injured when his electric scooter and a car collided in the Alicante town of Biar. The event occurred on Wednesday afternoon, when the Emergency Information and Coordination Centre (CICU) was alerted to a collision between a car and a scooter on calle Jesús Juan Bernabéu in the municipality. A paramedic …

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Two drivers investigated for intercepting each other

The Guardia Civil has investigated two drivers for two crimes of reckless driving with manifest disregard for the lives of others and causing a road traffic collision. The events occurred at kilometre point 27,000 of the A-4 highway (Autovía del Sur), a section belonging to the municipality and judicial district of Valdemoro (Madrid), when the …

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225 people have died on the roads this summer

Road travel has exceeded pre-pandemic levels this summer, 22% of those who died in cars or vans were not wearing a seat belt at the time of the incident and, of the total number of deaths, vulnerable users accounted for 41%. 225 people have died in road traffic incidents in Spain during the months of …

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