Speed camera shake-up: DGT scraps the ‘5 and 7′ rule – and drivers are fuming.

Warning: No more wriggle room – Spain’s speed cameras just got stricter.

Spanish drivers have played a clever game of cat and mouse with the speed limit for many years. They rely on what is known as the “speed trap”. “regla del 5 y del 7” – a rule of thumb that You can also check out It’s easy to sneak a couple of kilometres over the limit just before the flashing speed camera. This game is over.

Following technological upgrades, Spain’s Directorate-General for Traffic – DGT – has eliminated the tolerance margins for its fixed-speed cameras. This means that you could be receiving a speeding ticket for much lower speeds than previously.

What were the ‘5 and 7′ rules?

Drivers in Spain have known for years that they can maintain their speed if they keep to the speed limit You can also read more about the benefits of using A little over the limit and they would probably get away. it – Thanks to radar tolerances.

• What if you are traveling below 100 km/h? The margin for fixed cameras was 5 km/h and for mobile units it was 7 km/h.
• Above 100 km/h? The cameras allow a 7% margin – So, on a motorway with a speed limit of 120 km/h, you will only be flashed when your speed is 128.4 km/h and above.

But not any more.

DGT cracks down – and here’s why

Reports claim that the change is due to improved weather calibration systems in radar devices. It’s simple: the cameras were upgraded with new technology. You can find out more about it here. more precise – and a lot less forgiving.

This is the measurement leeway built in. error – which some savvy motorists took full advantage of – is no longer being applied In the same way. The result? What could you be? Fined Even if it’s just a 1 or 2 km/h.

Over 1,300 cameras – and now they’re You can also find out more about the following: You can watch the video below.

DGT radars are spread out across Spain and have been used by the government to combat speeding for many years. With this new technology, the radars are sharper, quicker, and more likely than ever to fine drivers.

It’s a big shift in road enforcement – and it’s caught many off guard. Especially those who thought the ‘rule of 5 and 7′ was written in stone. Spoiler alert: it was not.

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