For the next month, Torrevieja’s Policia Local’s monitoring of local urbanisations and busy through roads, will be boosted by the load of a special radar equipped police car from the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT).
The car is a Citroën equipped with a radar Autovelox system tasked to perform preventative controls for speeding around designated areas of the city.
Torrevieja’s Councillor for Safety and Traffic, Eduardo Gil Rebollo, said that he had received reports from the Neighbourhood Watch and residents of different neighbourhoods and asked the DGT for their assistance.
Over the last couple of months, Policia Local have received numerous complaints about the excessive speed of some vehicles and motorcycles in the streets of these neighbourhoods. Without a radar car of their own, and with the Guardia Civil only being responsible for areas outside the Urbanisations, in regards to Traffic, Rebollo requested the transfer of this radar car for the use of the Traffic Department.
For a month, police will be carrying out checks in these areas to detect and take action against those who continue to speed through built up areas of the city, so as to try and cut down on future speeding violations.
Drivers should also be aware that the Guardia Civil are also carrying out their own vehicle checks throughout Torrevieja. Cars with foreign plates are especially being targeted, especially in the Urbanisations.
Drivers found without the correct documentation, a current ITV or MOT or, Insurance, face having their car towed and impounded, followed by a fine. Drivers with a Spanish Driving Licence will have the opportunity to pay the fine within a designation time, and receive a discount, while Drivers with a foreign license, will have to pay on the spot, or face having their car impounded.
Torrevieja also can boast to having the most advanced static radar and CCTV camera system in Spain. All cars entering or leaving the city have their number plate recorded and at various locations around the city, these records are updated.
Cars or divers who have been using their cars in Torrevieja for more than six months of the year, that have not applied to be a resident or for their licence plates to be transferred to Spanish, also face being fined or having their car impounded, until such as time as arrangements have been made for the car to be transferred.
If you are driving around Torrevieja, just keep to the speed limits, carry all your documentation and make sure everything is paid up and correct.