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Date Published: 19/05/2023

Speed camera on the Balsicas dual carriageway issues more fines than almost any other in Spain

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Last year, the RM-19 speed camera issued an average of 51 speeding tickets per day

Speed camera on the Balsicas dual carriageway issues more fines than almost any other in Spain

Every day it detects on average more than 51 drivers stepping on the accelerator too much. The speed camera that the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) has placed at kilometre 17.7 of the Mar Menor autovía (RM-19), near Balsicas, has proved to be the most effective in the Region of Murcia and one of the cameras that issues the most fines in Spain.

This stretch of the RM-19 road links Puerto de la Cadena with San Javier and has a speed limit off 100 kilometres per hour.

According to data provided by the association Automovilistas Europeos Asociados (AEA), the speed camera located here detected 18,669 offences last year alone, putting it in 31st place of the cameras that issue the most fines in Spain.

In 2019 it captured 4,909 speeding motorists, and in 2021 a whopping 30,617.

In the whole of Spain, there were more than 3.7 million fines issued for speeding in 2022, 21.2% more than the previous year. The AEA attributes this increase to the activation of new speed cameras in some parts of the country.

Drivers in Andalusia were the most fined for speeding, getting a total of 953,422 of these fines, 25.7% of the total. This was followed by the Valencian Community (447,470) and Castilla y León (427,448).

The AEA emphasises that 70% of speeding offences are detected on motorways and dual carriageways and not on secondary roads, which is where most accidents happen.

In view of these figures, AEA president Mario Arnaldo believes that the DGT should rethink its speed camera policy, as “it is not achieving its objective of preventing speeding or accidents, and is converting the radars into mere collection instruments.”

Now read: These are the exact speeds you need to be travelling in Spain to get a fine

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