Franco-Spanish cooperation on traffic offenses

From August 1, Spanish drivers flashed by speed cameras or French red lights – and vice versa – will be prosecuted thanks to an information exchange agreement between France and Spain.

From August 1, Spanish drivers flashed by speed cameras or French red lights – and vice versa – will be prosecuted thanks to an information exchange agreement between France and Spain.

This type of cross-border exchange of information concerning the infringements observed by the radars of the various Member States is not new: destined to be generalized throughout Europe, this police cooperation is already in force between France and Belgium. , Switzerland and Luxembourg (read in particular).

"Since the deployment of speed cameras in France, around 25% of violations noted (50% in the summer) concern vehicles registered abroad, while they only represent 5% of traffic", estimates Road Safety French to justify the end of this "immunity".

"In 2012, nearly 450,000 infringements recorded by French automatic radars concerned vehicles registered in Spain", continues the government body. "For their part, the Spanish automatic radars noted, that same year, around 130,000 offenses committed by drivers of vehicles registered in France".

These crimes go unpunished – and above all, unpaid! – are now history: the French and Spanish authorities have decided that "from Thursday 1 August 2013, those of their nationals who commit traffic offenses on the territory of the other country will be prosecuted".

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