A young driver in Tenerife is facing a jail term after being caught speeding.
A young Tenerife driver could become one of the first to be jailed under the new tougher traffic legislation.
The 22-year-old was caught by a radar trap driving his VW Golf at 170 km/h, more than 90 km/h above the speed limit on a Santa Cruz dual carriageway. He was tracked on traffic cameras and arrested minutes afterwards as he parked the car near the Auditorium. Under the new law, speeds in excess of 60km/h in built-up areas and 70 km/h on main roads, including motorways, automatically entail a 3-6 month prison term for the offender.
Source: NewsCanarias
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well they did state that you could go to jail when they brought out these new laws think it could be a little harsh,but then again it will make him think twice about doing it again if he does go to jail,why do people speed anyway,whats the saying rather be late in this life than early in the next.
Pretty much everyone has gone over the speed limit at some time or another, in fact the majority of them fly past me on the TF1 and I think 120kmh zones are enough. Built up areas are restricted to a safer speed limit for obvious reasons, to many accidents at higher speeds and the result of car versus pedestrian at higher speeds it more fatal.
I think 170kmh is a bit to fast for any road, but I still think jail time is inappropriate, he could lose his job, income and home (if he has them) if he gets jail. But if he had hit someone or another vehicle at 170kmh and killed someone what would he be facing then?
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170kph is just too fast. Most speedometer's read about ten percent too high at the 120 mark, so his speedometer must have read near 190kph. That is suicidal, and he deserves what he gets. I feel bad doing 125kph on the TF1.
I saw a crash on the motorway a few years back. Two cars speeding, lost control, one went through the median and onto the other side, hit a ectra head-on, and killed themselves and the sole occupant of the Vectra.
Two vehicles hitting each other head on, each doing 120kph would be the same as driving into a cliff face at 240kph, so the further you go over the limit, the more damage you're going to do.
Just think about the OTHER person you may hurt. If you want to take your own life into your hands, fine, but who has the right to jeopardise anybody else? Like the priest driving the Vectra in the accident that I witnessed. He may as well have been murdered.
Dave.
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I wish the police would do a stop check in the village where I live Villa de Arico it is full of young drivers who think they are rally drivers. It is ony a matter of time before someone gets killed.
A young Tenerife driver could become one of the first to be jailed under the new tougher traffic legislation.
Excellent. Tough titty!
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I saw a crash on the motorway a few years back. Two cars speeding, lost control
Was speed the only issue in the crash? When you consider that excessive speed is deemed to be the main factor behind less than 6% of accidents, you have to wonder if too much emphasis is placed upon it?
Not that I care anyway as I have no plans to ever own a car again & the more money that's raised in fines means less tax for me to pay
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Was speed the only issue in the crash? When you consider that excessive speed is deemed to be the main factor behind less than 6% of accidents, you have to wonder if too much emphasis is placed upon it?
I think your statistic is too low, Licinius - I had 30% in mind as a remembered figure when I went searching on the internet - found this for South Africa - no reason to believe other countries differ too much
In 2004 fatal crashes in which speed played a role increased to 32,94% of a total of 10,523 fatal crashes. The estimated number of fatalities resulting from speed-related fatal crashes increased by 1,326 (46,41%) from 2,857 in 2003 to 4,183 in 2004.
I wonder if he was caught on the Candaleria speed trap on the way into Santa Cruz - the limit is set at 80 k/ph there and as most know it, there is a sea of brake lights as you approach the wide swinging curve - and of course everyone speeds up straight away once out of camera range.
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