Portal de Cartagena
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Cartagena Local Police carried out during the month of April on the roads of our city a campaign to control and monitor the speed of the vehicles have passed 13,890.
About fourteen thousand vehicles checked, 7,389 violations incurred drivers exceeding the speed generic way, although only 354 were reported and punished for speeding, which represents 2.54 per cent.
Also, the total number of vehicles that passed through the controls, a 7.90 percent were reported at the time of the infringement by traffic officers of the local police.
Breach of this rule is classified as serious or very serious, punishable with fines of 90 to 600 euros.
Article 379 of the Penal Code stipulates that "driving a motor vehicle or moped to top speed in miles per hour on urban roads or fifty miles per hour in via long distance than allowed by regulation, shall be punished with imprisonment three to six months or a fine of six to twelve months and work for the benefit of the community of thirty-one to ninety days, and in any case, the deprivation of the right to drive motor vehicles and mopeds on top of one time four years ".
In addition, the penalty point system covers the loss of between 2 and 6 points for this type of violation, depending on the task speeding.
These campaigns of speed control are conducted periodically by the local police in collaboration with the Directorate General of Traffic, reflecting the importance of this factor has on road accidents and the severity of symptoms.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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