"This shift comes after a year of testing with four mobile radar units. In 2025 alone, those four devices monitored around 11 million vehicles and resulted in 585,000 fines, according to figures from the Catalan Traffic Service. What's striking is how quickly driver behaviour changed. In the first days after a radar was installed, about 5% of vehicles were caught speeding. Within a couple of weeks, that figure dropped to around 2%."
"No more "safe" stretches: the whole AP-7 is being watched Until now, speed controls on the AP-7 tended to focus on specific sections. That approach has changed. Authorities have decided not to apply controls "by stretch", but across the entire motorway. The 344 kilometres between the French border and the south of Tarragona are now all part of the same monitoring plan."
The entire 344 kilometres of the AP-7 in Catalonia, from La Jonquera to Ulldecona, are now under mobile speed surveillance. Six new mobile speed cameras have been added to the four already operating, bringing the total to ten, with the stated goal of reducing accidents and keeping speeds under control. Interior Minister Núria Parlon announced the measure in Parliament amid wider mobility discussions. Authorities have shifted from section-based checks to continuous monitoring along the motorway. A year-long test with four mobile radars in 2025 monitored about 11 million vehicles and issued 585,000 fines, and detected speeding rates fell from about 5% to roughly 2% within weeks.
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