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"On May 11th 2021, Spain’s new speed limits for urban roads come into effect across the whole country. Here’s what you need to remember to not get into trouble with Spanish traffic police.
Spain’s new speed limits have been in the pipeline for over a year, they were approved by the Spanish Cabinet last November and now, within a matter of weeks, they will come into force across the entire territory.

What are the new speed limits?
From May 11th 2021, roads in Spain with one lane in each direction will go from having a general speed limit of 50km/hour to a maximum of 30km/h. Single lane roads with one-way traffic where the pavement is raised above the road will also have a new speed limit of 30km/h.
On single one-way lanes and double lane roads with two-way traffic where the pavement and the road are at the same level, the speed limit will be reduced even further, down to 20km/h.
Roads with two lanes or more of traffic in each direction (minimum four total) will keep the speed limit of 50km/h (except for vehicles carrying dangerous goods, for which the limit is 40km/h).
Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande Marlaska stressed back in November that these new speed limits won’t apply to main roads in Spain’s big cities (for example, Madrid’s Paseo de la Castellana).
As a relevant side note, vehicles will also no longer be able to surpass the speed limit at all when overtaking on secondary roads in Spain, whereas before it was allowed by up to 20km/h when overtaking.What roads will the new speed limits apply to?
It will apply to vías urbanas, which can be translated as urban roads in English, but really the terminology refers to “any roads that make up the internal communications network of a settlement, as long as they are not through roads (travesías) or are part of an arterial network”, according to Spain’s Directorate General of Traffic (DGT).
In essence, regardless of whether it’s a road inside a village in the countryside, or a road inside a big city where the limit is currently 50km/h, the new speed limits apply.
The vast majority of the approximately 165,600 kilometres of tarmac that form part of Spain’s road network are vías urbanas, whereas travesías such as motorways and dual carriageways make up roughly only 17,228km.
So undoubtedly this is a decision which will have a considerable impact on daily driving for most conductores (drivers) in the country.
What are the penalties and fines for going over the new speed limits?
Failure by drivers to comply with the new speed limits on Spain’s urban roads will be considered a serious or very serious road offence by traffic authorities.
Fines will range from €100 to €600 and the loss of up to six points of the driver’s license, depending on how fast they were going.

Why is Spain lowering the speed limit on these roads?
Dropping the speed limit from 50km/ down to 30km/ reduces the chances of dying after being run over from 90 percent down to 10 percent, road accident studies have proven."
 
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"On May 11th 2021, Spain’s new speed limits for urban roads come into effect across the whole country. Here’s what you need to remember to not get into trouble with Spanish traffic police.
Spain’s new speed limits have been in the pipeline for over a year, they were approved by the Spanish Cabinet last November and now, within a matter of weeks, they will come into force across the entire territory.

What are the new speed limits?
From May 11th 2021, roads in Spain with one lane in each direction will go from having a general speed limit of 50km/hour to a maximum of 30km/h. Single lane roads with one-way traffic where the pavement is raised above the road will also have a new speed limit of 30km/h.
On single one-way lanes and double lane roads with two-way traffic where the pavement and the road are at the same level, the speed limit will be reduced even further, down to 20km/h.
Roads with two lanes or more of traffic in each direction (minimum four total) will keep the speed limit of 50km/h (except for vehicles carrying dangerous goods, for which the limit is 40km/h).
Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande Marlaska stressed back in November that these new speed limits won’t apply to main roads in Spain’s big cities (for example, Madrid’s Paseo de la Castellana).
As a relevant side note, vehicles will also no longer be able to surpass the speed limit at all when overtaking on secondary roads in Spain, whereas before it was allowed by up to 20km/h when overtaking.What roads will the new speed limits apply to?
It will apply to vías urbanas, which can be translated as urban roads in English, but really the terminology refers to “any roads that make up the internal communications network of a settlement, as long as they are not through roads (travesías) or are part of an arterial network”, according to Spain’s Directorate General of Traffic (DGT).
In essence, regardless of whether it’s a road inside a village in the countryside, or a road inside a big city where the limit is currently 50km/h, the new speed limits apply.
The vast majority of the approximately 165,600 kilometres of tarmac that form part of Spain’s road network are vías urbanas, whereas travesías such as motorways and dual carriageways make up roughly only 17,228km.
So undoubtedly this is a decision which will have a considerable impact on daily driving for most conductores (drivers) in the country.
What are the penalties and fines for going over the new speed limits?
Failure by drivers to comply with the new speed limits on Spain’s urban roads will be considered a serious or very serious road offence by traffic authorities.
Fines will range from €100 to €600 and the loss of up to six points of the driver’s license, depending on how fast they were going.

Why is Spain lowering the speed limit on these roads?
Dropping the speed limit from 50km/ down to 30km/ reduces the chances of dying after being run over from 90 percent down to 10 percent, road accident studies have proven."

They also like their speed cameras in certain areas and they do not make them visible and no signage to say they are there.
Just another reason not to venture into bandit country.:D
 
"On May 11th 2021, Spain’s new speed limits for urban roads come into effect across the whole country. Here’s what you need to remember to not get into trouble with Spanish traffic police.
Spain’s new speed limits have been in the pipeline for over a year, they were approved by the Spanish Cabinet last November and now, within a matter of weeks, they will come into force across the entire territory.

What are the new speed limits?
From May 11th 2021, roads in Spain with one lane in each direction will go from having a general speed limit of 50km/hour to a maximum of 30km/h. Single lane roads with one-way traffic where the pavement is raised above the road will also have a new speed limit of 30km/h.
On single one-way lanes and double lane roads with two-way traffic where the pavement and the road are at the same level, the speed limit will be reduced even further, down to 20km/h.
Roads with two lanes or more of traffic in each direction (minimum four total) will keep the speed limit of 50km/h (except for vehicles carrying dangerous goods, for which the limit is 40km/h).
Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande Marlaska stressed back in November that these new speed limits won’t apply to main roads in Spain’s big cities (for example, Madrid’s Paseo de la Castellana).
As a relevant side note, vehicles will also no longer be able to surpass the speed limit at all when overtaking on secondary roads in Spain, whereas before it was allowed by up to 20km/h when overtaking.What roads will the new speed limits apply to?
It will apply to vías urbanas, which can be translated as urban roads in English, but really the terminology refers to “any roads that make up the internal communications network of a settlement, as long as they are not through roads (travesías) or are part of an arterial network”, according to Spain’s Directorate General of Traffic (DGT).
In essence, regardless of whether it’s a road inside a village in the countryside, or a road inside a big city where the limit is currently 50km/h, the new speed limits apply.
The vast majority of the approximately 165,600 kilometres of tarmac that form part of Spain’s road network are vías urbanas, whereas travesías such as motorways and dual carriageways make up roughly only 17,228km.
So undoubtedly this is a decision which will have a considerable impact on daily driving for most conductores (drivers) in the country.
What are the penalties and fines for going over the new speed limits?
Failure by drivers to comply with the new speed limits on Spain’s urban roads will be considered a serious or very serious road offence by traffic authorities.
Fines will range from €100 to €600 and the loss of up to six points of the driver’s license, depending on how fast they were going.

Why is Spain lowering the speed limit on these roads?
Dropping the speed limit from 50km/ down to 30km/ reduces the chances of dying after being run over from 90 percent down to 10 percent, road accident studies have proven."

They also like their speed cameras in certain areas and they do not make them visible and no signage to say they are there.
Just another reason not to venture into bandit country.:D

Requoted the requote, in case someone missed what the post in the thread was about.
 
They also like their speed cameras in certain areas and they do not make them visible and no signage to say they are there.
Just another reason not to venture into bandit country.:D

Not true, in Spanish law all speed traps must be 'advertised', including temporary 'traps', which are posted on the DGT web site and, as of February, have to have an advisory sign on then road itself.

https://n332.es/spotting-speed-traps-made-simpler/
 
What the cut’n’paste article seems to be saying is that the speed limit in villages, towns and parts of some cities will be 30 kph and lower on some very small roads in villages, towns an cities. Cities, with the larger open highways, will have higher limits, much as London does.

Outside of these, nothing is going to change and, given that much of rural Spain is unpoliced, nothing will change as far as the red blooded English biker is concerned. In this it is no different to France, Germany, large tracts of the UK and just about anywhere else, except Singapore, Switzerland and Australia, apparently.
 
"On May 11th 2021, Spain’s new speed limits for urban roads come into effect across the whole country. Here’s what you need to remember to not get into trouble with Spanish traffic police.
Spain’s new speed limits have been in the pipeline for over a year, they were approved by the Spanish Cabinet last November and now, within a matter of weeks, they will come into force across the entire territory.

What are the new speed limits?
From May 11th 2021, roads in Spain with one lane in each direction will go from having a general speed limit of 50km/hour to a maximum of 30km/h. Single lane roads with one-way traffic where the pavement is raised above the road will also have a new speed limit of 30km/h.
On single one-way lanes and double lane roads with two-way traffic where the pavement and the road are at the same level, the speed limit will be reduced even further, down to 20km/h.
Roads with two lanes or more of traffic in each direction (minimum four total) will keep the speed limit of 50km/h (except for vehicles carrying dangerous goods, for which the limit is 40km/h).
Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande Marlaska stressed back in November that these new speed limits won’t apply to main roads in Spain’s big cities (for example, Madrid’s Paseo de la Castellana).
As a relevant side note, vehicles will also no longer be able to surpass the speed limit at all when overtaking on secondary roads in Spain, whereas before it was allowed by up to 20km/h when overtaking.What roads will the new speed limits apply to?
It will apply to vías urbanas, which can be translated as urban roads in English, but really the terminology refers to “any roads that make up the internal communications network of a settlement, as long as they are not through roads (travesías) or are part of an arterial network”, according to Spain’s Directorate General of Traffic (DGT).
In essence, regardless of whether it’s a road inside a village in the countryside, or a road inside a big city where the limit is currently 50km/h, the new speed limits apply.
The vast majority of the approximately 165,600 kilometres of tarmac that form part of Spain’s road network are vías urbanas, whereas travesías such as motorways and dual carriageways make up roughly only 17,228km.
So undoubtedly this is a decision which will have a considerable impact on daily driving for most conductores (drivers) in the country.
What are the penalties and fines for going over the new speed limits?
Failure by drivers to comply with the new speed limits on Spain’s urban roads will be considered a serious or very serious road offence by traffic authorities.
Fines will range from €100 to €600 and the loss of up to six points of the driver’s license, depending on how fast they were going.

Why is Spain lowering the speed limit on these roads?
Dropping the speed limit from 50km/ down to 30km/ reduces the chances of dying after being run over from 90 percent down to 10 percent, road accident studies have proven."

They also like their speed cameras in certain areas and they do not make them visible and no signage to say they are there.
Just another reason not to venture into bandit country.:D

Not true, in Spanish law all speed traps must be 'advertised', including temporary 'traps', which are posted on the DGT web site and, as of February, have to have an advisory sign on then road itself.

https://n332.es/spotting-speed-traps-made-simpler/

Re-quoted again, again.
 
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