Unit 1.

LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF MOBILITY AND

ROAD SAFETY
It shows the most important rules about traffic and roads, the rules to reduce car
accidents and proposed meaures.

1. ROAD SAFETY LAW

1.1. Development

Royal legislative decree 339/1990, 2 march Articulated text of the law

on traffic, motor vehicles and road safety.
Law 18/1989, 25 July Traffic basics, motor vehicles and road safety.

They were modified by:

*Law 18/2009 Amends infringement procedure.
Organic law 15/2007, 30 November
*Law 17/2005, 19 July Regulates driving license penalty points system.
Law 62/2003, 30 December
Royal recree 1428/2003, 21 November General traffic regulations.
Law 19/2001, 19 December
Law 55/1999, 29 December
Law 43/1999, 25 November
Law 11/1999, 21 April
Royal decree 2822/1998, 23 December General regulation on motor
vehicles.

1.2. Contents
1. Preliminary title: purpose and scope of the law.
2. Exercise and coordination of authorities on traffic, motor vehicles and road
safety:
2.1.Enforcement authorities
2.2.Higher traffic and circulation council
3. Rules of road circulation behaviour:
3.1.General rules
3.2.Traffic of motor vehicles (Speed, incorporations, stops, parking, )
4. Road design:
5. Administrative authorisations:
5.1.Authorisation in general.
5.2.Authorisation for driving.
5.3.Authorisation for motor vehicles.
5.4.Nullity, adverse effects and losing validity.
6. Offences and penalties, precautionary measures and liability:
6.1.Offences and penalties.
6.2.Precautionary measures
6.3.Liability (responsibilities).
7. Infringement procedure and appeals:
7.1.Infringement procedure.
7.2.Appeals

7.3.Prescription and deletion of records.

7.4.Enforcement of penalties.

2. DRIVING LICENSE PENALTY POINTS SYSTEM

Establish a point system in which the drivers have a determinate number of
points (12), and the penalties are in both economics and point sanctions.
Like the money penalties, the point penalties depend of the importance of the
offence, they are between 2 and 6 points.
Also there is a process to recover the lost points. It consists of courses and tests.
Good drivers will get extra points.

3. NEW ROAD SAFETY AND INFRINGMENT PROCEDURE

Objective:
Prevent the impunity of certain offending drivers.
Reduce the time of the processing, providing pedagogical penalties.
The holders have obligations like:
or they will be the head.
Identify the driver.
Keep drivers without license off.
Infringement procedure:
Its possible to pay with credit card on road.
If the driver doesnt pay or claim in the next 15 days, the penalty will be
enforced in 30 days by ordinary procedure.
Discount of 50% if the fine is paid before 20-days period or 15-days since
notification day. Short procedure.

4. PENAL CODE (Organic law 15/2007 and Organic law

5/2010)
Rules are almost the same than European rules.
Main objective Reduce the number of victims of traffic accidents.
Most important crimes against road safety:
Serious exceeding of speed limit.
High levels of alcohol.
Drive without license.
Dangerous driving.