Alicante is home to two of the top 50 radars in Spain in terms of the number of fines issued in 2023. The study, conducted by the driver protection organisation Associated European Motorists (AEA), found that 3,355,287 people were fined for speeding in that year at the control points of the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT).
According to the AEA’s research, out of the over a thousand radars installed by the Spanish Traffic Department, just fifty capture almost 30 percent of the 1,245,053 reports issued annually by the DGT on roads within its purview.
According to the report, the autonomous communities with the highest number of complaints have been found in AndalucÃa (436,273 in total), Madrid (207,792), and the Valencian Community (127,063).
On the A-70 through Alicante, at kilometres 27.3 and 8.6, you may find two of the radars that issue the most fines in Spain. More than 15,000 and more than 12,500 infractions were reported at these speed control locations in 2023, respectively, for speeds of 80 km/h. That is, around once every twenty minutes, they manage to apprehend a driver.
Not only that, but by 2025, the DGT plans to have deployed dozens of radars along the whole road network of the Alicante province, including side roads, motorways, and dual carriageways. Fixed, mobile, and section devices are available.
However, with 118,149 reports, the radar near Madrid at kilometre 20.2 of the M-40 ring road is the most active in Spain, according to the AEA.
There are three tiers of penalties for speeding, according to the General Directorate of Traffic: minor (financial fine of up to 100 euros, no points deducted), serious (financial fine of 200 euros, points deducted in some situations), and very serious (financial fine of 500 euros or more, points deducted in all cases). Most of the time, speeding is seen as a major crime.
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