DGT cameras already fine trucks without seat belts

During the testing period, 331 information letters have been sent to drivers caught without a seatbelt. The surveillance device does not affect the roads of Catalonia and the Basque Country because they have transferred their powers in traffic matters.

In a second phase, the DGT plans to extend the control cameras to another 227 locations, which will be they will rotate Most of the cameras (60%) have been installed on secondary roads and the other 40% on highways, following criteria of circulatory intensity and accident rates and trying to locate them homogeneously throughout the territory. Although the number of drivers and passengers who drive without a seatbelt is low, one in four deaths in traffic accidents last year (190 of the 823 fatalities) was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident.  Thus, in 2016, 190 of the 823 people killed in traffic accidents traveling in cars or vans were not wearing a seat belt.

The sanction will be notified in writing, along with a photograph as evidence . If the owner of the vehicle is not the one driving the truck or car at the time of being caught, he must identify the offender or face a fine of 600 euros. 

The cameras of this device are linked to a control center equipped with specific software (which includes artificial vision techniques) - If the system detects the belt, the system itself discards the photograph, but if the infraction is detected (and also in case of doubt) the snapshot is reviewed manually by two operators who verify the possible infraction and, where appropriate, start the disciplinary proceedings.

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