Fast and furious in Mallorca
Two drivers ‘caught’ speeding at 157 and 163 km/h
The Guardia Civil is now using drones to control traffic. | Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter
Palma10/09/2024 09:53Updated 12/09 16:35
The Guardia Civil is investigating two drivers, aged 35 and 51, one on a motorbike and the other driving a car, for driving, on different days, on the roads of the Serra de Tramuntana mountains at 157 and 163 km/h, respectively. Both have been charged as alleged perpetrators of crimes against road safety.
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These crazy idiots having a Death Wish speeding. Just how many speeders are in or on Rent A Vehicle and possibly on holiday. Also cyclists should know the rules of the road by staying on their side of the road. Not for speeding, but, I have seen a car stopping traffic on junctions or roundabouts to let a party of cyclists use the road and continue with no respect for the law of the highway when it was not cyclists Right of Way. Mallorca can be a nice place to drive, but it has to be the same laws for everyone.
I see so many young drivers with new cars speeding all over the Island. It is frightening. They are not driving, but aiming a machine that can kill them and others. Speeding cyclists are equally dangerous hurtling down the mountains on the wrong side of the road. The speeding car drivers when caught. Should have their car confiscated. Driving licence revoked. Plus made to take a new driving test.
I cycle almost every day on various parts of the MA10 between Lluc and Andratx. I can tell you that these incidents are not isolated, or extreme examples. Almost every day I see cars and bikes "fly" past me at speeds clearly significantly above the other vehicles. To make matters worse they tend to take the "racing" through bends, cutting the corners, it means that too often you meet these high speed vehicles almost head on. Sadly, I almost never see any police presence anywhere on the MA10 - maybe 2-3 times per year I see a police vehicle, or police officer on the road side presumably/hopefully with a speed camera. It means that the drivers can drive like this on most days with very little risk of bring caught. It would be so easy to stop this behaviour with combo of fixed and mobile speed cameras, why the police apparently have no interest in stopping this behaviour is a total mystery to me and the local residents.
The speed these people are caught at really deserves jail time. Its like having a loaded gun, it wont end well.