Less speed, more lives on the road. Better slower.
On January 2, the Royal Decree came into force, modifying the General Traffic Regulations for the Application and Development of the Consolidated Text of the Law on Traffic, Motor Vehicle Circulation and Road Safety. The regulatory modification affects article 48, which describes the maximum speed at which we must circulate. The regulatory modification reduces the speed on conventional roads, which will become 90km/h and simplifies the table of maximum speeds, harmonizing our road speed system with the rest of European countries, whose tendency to lower speed is general.
After analyzing the data, it is verified that speed is behind 30% of fatal accidents on the road. It is also estimated that with this decrease in the regulatory speed, these accidents will be reduced by 10%, also reducing the consequences in the event of serious accidents.
To inform citizens of the modification in the speed limits, which will come into force from January 29, the General Directorate of Traffic has created a campaign consisting of 4 videos that can be seen throughout January on the networks, following the hashtag: #Mejormasdespacio.
The first video, mortality statistics on conventional roads are described (1,000 people die each year on this type of road), and the consequences of excessive speed are listed (loss of control, leaving the road, invasion of the opposite lane, head-on collision...) to finally explain that if we all went slower, there would be fewer accidents and therefore fewer victims.
#BetterSlowly
In the following two videos, in a simple way, the relationship between speed and braking distance or speed and loss of braking angle is explained. vision.
In the fourth and last video, it is explained that with this regulatory change in maximum speed limits, Spain is among the majority of European states that have adopted this measure to try to stop the increase in accidents on the roads. Mostly, in Europe, the limitation is 90km/h, although some countries have been more restrictive by imposing limitations of 80km/h.
During 2018, Fraternidad-Muprespa, in its desire to help the companies with which it collaborates in their reduction of road accidents, it has organized around 200 Road Safety Workshops with immersive virtual reality, using state-of-the-art equipment. For 2019 we hope to continue with this work and even increase the number of companies that will participate in these Workshops, whose evaluation has always been excellent.
