Driver, bike is king!

Driver, bike is king!

Drivers of motorised vehicles

Spain has changed its traffic law with respect to drivers of motorised vehicles and cyclists. The adaptation applies especially to these drivers who want to overtake a cyclist. There are two points on which you have to pay extra attention and those are the speed with which you overtake the cyclist and the distance to this cyclist. When not respecting these rules, you can risk a fine of 200 euros and a loss of 3 points of the Spanish driving license.

Reducing road fatalities

DGT, the Spanish traffic authority, wants to reduce the number of traffic accidents involving cyclists by this measure. In the year 2020 alone, 36 cyclists died in Spain. Annually the number does decrease but Spain aims to be a bicycle safe country.

Speed and distance

The theory behind these measures consists of the studies done by the traffic institute, which proved that the greater the distance and the lower the speed the less chance a cyclist will become unbalanced due to the so-called suction effect created during the overtaking manoeuvre.

All public roads

The rules apply on all public roads (where cyclists are allowed of course). If you have to cross the other carriageway to overtake a cyclist, this is allowed as long as safety can be guaranteed. The speed at which this happens has to be 20 km/h lower than the maximum speed on the road.

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