There are all sorts of sanctions, which are the administrative reaction to traffic fines produced.
Where the offence is serious, it may result in a criminal offence and a penalty of a criminal nature. Now, what are the most frequent fines?
The most frequent fines for traffic violations in Spain
Although there are many possible penalties for driving, these are the most common:
- Speeding: It usually involves a penalty of between 100 and 500 euros and loss of two to six points.
- Excess alcohol: fine up to 500 euros, loss of four points and three months without a license. Under some parameters and levels, it can be a crime.
- Use your mobile phone at the wheel: financial penalty of up to 200 euros and loss of three points.
- Failure to identify the person who committed an infringement.
- Do not respect the stop signs , give the way, or the traffic lights in red. The financial penalty in these cases can reach 200 euros.
- Unproper car parks. Also in cases of parking in unauthorized areas, the fine may be 200 euros.
Factors surrounding traffic fines
As far as traffic violations are concerned, all means of transport are included. In short, it is about avoiding accidents and to regulate social coexistence in this area.
In practice, noor all infringements have an economic penalty. Sanctions can be of various kinds, the nature of the misdemeanor or infringement influences the type of punishment.
In an analysis of the amounts, the most serious sanctions include those that endanger the lives of others and the offender himself. Behaviors such as driving at high speed or under the effects of alcohol or drugs, are among the most serious.
Traffic violations cause many accidents every year, resulting in mutilation, wounded of varying severity and deaths. Fines are not only an economic issue, but they indicate that there is a problem that involves not only the sanction, it is fundamentally an educational problem.
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