Previously we have published articles informing of the new traffic drones being deployed across Spain to track reckless drivers, and the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) has confirmed that they have now been deployed to monitor roads during the month of August, with three of them in the Canary Islands.
These 39 drones are to particularly discourage drivers from speeding or drink driving and are to assist the 216 cameras, 15 vans, 12 helicopters, and the traditional controls of the Guardia Civil Trafico Agents.
Now, the DGT has also revealed the specific places where the drones will fly, and how they will issue fines for using a mobile phone when driving or improper use of the seat belt, for example. These devices fly at a height of 120 and can reach a maximum speed of 80 kilometres per hour, which may not sound fast, but they can track you and detect infractions up to two kilometres away.
This deployment of aerial assistance will allow the Guardia Civil to detect all kinds of behaviour that endanger both the lives of the offending drivers and those of other road users. In this way, each drone will have an operator in a patrol car that will fly it.
In the event that the drone detects illegal behaviour, it sends the images in real-time to the agents, and, by recording, it will allow them to process the consequent sanction. The most common fines are for using a mobile phone which has a fine of 200 euros and the loss of six points from your licence, or the misuse of seat belts, again sanctioned with up to 200 euros and the detraction of three points.
