Radar on Ibiza issues more than 100 fines a day

The fines in 2021 on the islands were 53.8% more than in 2020, a year with mobility restrictions due to the pandemic, but are 2.2% below the 170.060 issued in 2019, before covid.

Half of the total fines, 50.5 %, were speeding detected by fixed radars (with 83,932 fines). The next most frequent fine in 2021 was for not having an ITV (18,632 fines), followed by speeding detected by mobile radar with 8% of the total (13,384) and using a mobile phone while driving with 3.1% (5,217 fines).

During 2021, the DGT issued 4,793,520 fines on Spanish roads under its jurisdiction, an increase of 23.6% over 2020 (3,877,297), and a record collection of 444,347,376 euros, according to the AEA report.

The increase even exceeds the pre-pandemic figures, as in 2019 4,685,570 complaints were issued.

The AEA report points out that speeding continues to lead the list of penalties imposed by the DGT in 2021, with 3,056.437 complaints, which are two out of every three.

This is followed by infractions for not having passed the ITV or for it being unfavorable (591.077), with an increase of 2.5% compared to the 2019 figures; driving without a license (133,126), up 18.3%; not wearing a seat belt (105,818), down 8.4%; and driving while using a cell phone (101,443), up 3.7%.

Fines for exceeding the permitted rate of alcohol is down 32.5 % (50,613 fines compared to 83,184 issued in 2019); reckless driving (-23.5 %) and prohibited overtaking (-15.9 %).

Radar on Ibiza issues 100 fines a day

The fixed radar of the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) that issues the most fines in the Balearic Islands is located on the EI-600, the Sant Antoni highway, at kilometer point 10, and last year it issued 38,601 fines, which is equivalent to more than one hundred a day, according to a study by Automovilistas Europeos Asociados (AEA).

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