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Traffic Councilman Abarán City Council, José Gómez Carrasco, appeared this morning at a press conference to inform the public about the reform of the Law on Road Traffic Safety, which entered into force on 25 May and from National Government, powers responsible for traffic updates for better performance.

With the slogan "We changed for the better" has launched the DGT (Dirección General de Tráfico) to explain to citizens the content of this reform and why it has taken place, this action "is to minimize the time between the offense and the punishment made, "said the councilman.

José Gómez said that the amendment "is an effective pedagogical and soften these situations and for that we necessarily have the cooperation of the city, trying also to reduce violations."

The head of the Traffic Police and said that "reform considerably beyond the municipal level because of the 15 million records of fines that are processed per year in Spain, some 11 million are municipal in nature" .

"This issue has closely at the figure of municipal citizens and the actions of local police whose understanding will be essential to implement this reform," said Jose Gomez Carrasco.

The mayor reported that this is a responsibility of national government "to assume all the municipalities."

One of the most important aspects is that it quantifies the money from fines.

With the new law minor offenses will be punishable by a maximum fine of 100 euros.

"All municipalities in the Region of Murcia have agreed to impose a single penalty of 80 euros for minor infringements," said Gomez.

Serious offenses are punishable by a fine of 200 euros and very serious, a fine of 500 euros, excluding the offenses referred to disregard the speed limit is punishable by a corresponding amount.

Serious misconduct and removal of items

The councilman said that when the crime is serious, the notification of withdrawal of points takes place from the Local Administration.

"The instructor of record notifying sanction is the withdrawal of the points to the delegation, thus, we have it municipal responsibility over assigned and we need more than ever the support of citizens in the implementation of police work to get a good understanding and coexistence between citizens and local staff, "said Jose Gomez.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Abarán