“We accept this with resignation.” This is how Pere Navarro defines their feelings when someone accuses the DGT of taking action just to collect money. Soon after, he did not hesitate to attack drivers caught on radar. A fixed radar, understandably, because the traffic chief left a lot behind.
“For a Fool”. The words come from Pere Navarro and spoken trade On the occasion of an interview on the occasion of his presence at the National Convention of Directors of the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) to be held in Asturias.
There, when asked about radar by this medium, Navarro assured:
“The least the driver can do is brake, pass the radar and then do whatever he wants. But if he doesn’t even do that… Sometimes we say the fine for speeding isn’t so much for being stupid. If they put up a big sign telling you there’s a radar, why do you speed?”
“We bear it with resignation”. This is how DGT’s director describes how he feels when someone says that everything the organization does is designed to raise money. “Speeding either causes accidents or exacerbates them. And to counter speeding, there are radars here and in any country in the world,” he defended.
And the complaint that radars are a means of financing something that many drivers have been complaining about for years suggests that they’re not much use if, as the director himself assures, you can brake and then continue as if nothing happened.
The kangaroo effect. In fact, a recent Australian meta-analysis confirmed that fixed and point radars are less effective than section radars due to what they call the “kangaroo effect”. That is, the driver who brakes before the radar and accelerates without fear when he knows he is already out of the speedometer’s range.
Indeed, in the Australian study they noted that although a section radar was more effective, the presence of the radar already reduced the number of accidents by 20%. And such systems have reduced the number of accidents with serious injury or death by up to 56%.
In fact, taking these data as a starting point is why DGT has installed radar boxes that are actually empty. It has been proven that the presence of the box and its markings make you take your foot off the accelerator because it is impossible to know if there is a radar inside or if, this time, it is somewhere else because it rotates.
Be careful or not. Although Pere Navarro may be partially correct, it must be taken into account that the DGT section has invested money in radars but above all, in small mobile speed meters that are practically invisible due to their size and can hunt those who break the speed limit quickly.
The same thing happens with Pegasus. Helicopters used by traffic can fine a driver at a height of 300 meters and at a distance of up to one kilometer, so that the offender can easily go unnoticed. In addition, this device not only fines speed violations, it is also able to detect inappropriate behavior such as continuous line skipping, stopping or not leaving a safe distance.
Only in this way do we understand that the record of fines imposed in one year will be broken in 2025, according to data collected by Pyramid Consulting (specializing in the defense of drivers). Car and Driver. Last year it broke the six million ban barrier for the first time.
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