Spain’s first-ever roundabout speed camera dishes out €100 fines every 30 seconds

Salamanca has put forward the You can also spin in speeding fines — and it’s all thanks to Spain’s first-ever average speed camera planted smack in the middle of a roundabout. Yes, you read that right: La Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT) has installed the country’s first radar de Tramway In just six weeks, a simple roundabout became one of the biggest money-makers in the city for fines. Could this be the beginning of Spain’s new speed camera crackdown?

The groundbreaking device has been set up at the Salamanca 20 urban motorway, specifically in the busy industrial hub of the Montalvo estate, where the autovía urbana, the southern ring road, and the A-50 all swirl together in a perfect storm of cars, lorries, and — it seems — easy targets for the DGT.

Race against the clock: 33 seconds to avoid a €100 sting

“This is strange, it’s surprising,” exclaimed motoring pundit Alfonso García ‘Motorman’ on COPE’s Poniendo las Calles, revealing that the radar covers a 461-metre stretch from kilometre 91.975 to 92.436 — with a strict 50 km/h limit. The catch? Anyone zipping through in less than 33.2 seconds gets slapped with a €100 fine. But don’t worry about losing your licence points — for now, it’s all about the money.

Salamanca’s biggest money maker in 45 minutes: fines. The days are getting shorter.

This is the truth: although this speed camera was only installed a month ago, it has already become Salamanca’s most productive fine machine. Talk about efficiency — or, depending on your point of view, daylight robbery in broad circular daylight.

Contrary to typical speed traps that often catch drivers braking, these ones are designed to detect the driver. last-minute The average speed radars are a great alternative to fixed cameras. They force drivers to follow the law from beginning to end. And in this particular roundabout, a hotspot for heavy lorries and commercial vans darting in and out of the Montalvo industrial zone, the temptation to speed is proving irresistible — and costly.

Salamanca’s traffic chiefs, not Madrid’s ivory tower, requested the installation. It is proof that local initiatives can influence national conversations on road safety.

Is this a start to a new rollout of speed cameras across Spain?

Stay tuned.

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