Road lords “play dirty” to cash in on one million euros a day

Palma/Madrid.—Spanish road authorities have reduced the speed margin on cameras without warning drivers in a bid to meet their target of pocketing a staggering €384 million  in fines by the end of 2014.
Spain’s Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) failed to make it public knowledge that speed cameras across the country are now taking a register of vehicles over the speed limit by 8km/h, whereas before it was 12 to 15km/h.
According to Spanish daily La Voz de Galicia, scores of drivers have been fined on roads they are familiar with and previously knew at what speed to go at to avoid penalties.
And so, even though the number of drivers and accidents on the road in 2014 has gone down compared to previous years, the Spanish State has seen its profits from road fines surge thanks to the DGT’s money-making tactics.
Their ‘earnings’ were only made public in July when a socialist group raised the matter in the Spanish Parliament, DGT representatives announcing they had made €183 million from 1 January  to 14 July.