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Special traffic controls set up fro the holiday weekend
The DGT - Dirección General de Tráfico Traffic department – has set up traffic controls to regulate and organise the traffic on the roads around Spain during the Bank holiday weekend. The intention being to make the approximately 6.6 million trips made by car into a safer experience. The DGT has included more measures than those taken during the same period last year.
The DGT foresees a total of 6.6 million long distance trips over the Bank holiday weekend, with special difficulties expected on some roads; exits from large cities and entrances to the capital, Madrid. The DGT predicts a high number of trips from the interior towards the coastal zones, the Mediterranean and south of the Iberian peninsula, and so extra attention will be paid to the area around Madrid.
The controls set up by the DGT for the Bank holiday weekend are wider-ranging than those put in place last year and will use all available Police officers - Agrupación de Tráfico de la Guardia Civil - a total of 8 900. To monitor the road network over the next few days the DGT will also use closed circuit TV, comprising of 1 121 cameras, as well as 1 700 information panels and 18 helicopters alongside the Police officers.
The same Bank holiday weekend in 2007 ended with a total of 33 serious traffic accidents in which 42 people were killed and another 43 injured. The aim is to avoid as far as possible a repeat of these figures and so the DGT has initiated a radio information campaign for the Bank holiday weekend, the spots will give advice to drivers while they are on the road.
4/30/2008
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