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.
According to the Guardia Civil, the first incident dates back to September 1. A motorbike was caught by a mobile radar at 157 km/h on the Ma-10 road, which connects Pollensa with Andratx. The motorcyclist exceeded the maximum speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour by more than 80 kilometres. Traffic officers located him a few days later and he was placed under investigation.
A few days later, on Saturday 7, the radar again ‘caught’ a driver speeding on the same road.
In this case, the suspect was driving a vehicle at 163 kilometres per hour. The reckless driver suffered the same fate as the motorist and was charged by the Guardia Civil after being located.
The “Indignats Ma-10 platform” has been complaining that the situation with the illegal races on the roads of the Serra de Tramuntana “remains the same as ever or worse”. The body warns of “motorbike accidents against buses, cars, other motorbikes, young people killed or badly injured, drivers, visitors and hikers in fear,...”.
They also regret that “the cameras that the Guardia Civil, in agreement with the Council of Mallorca, had to install in the area of the Mirador de ses Barques, one of the most conflictive points of the Ma-10, are waiting for someone to install the metal supports that have been piled up on one side of the road for more than three months”.
Meanwhile, “the criminals, convinced of their impunity, continue to commit crimes and turn the heart of the Serra de Tramuntana into one of the worst hells imaginable, day and night, endangering the lives of the general public who pass through it and illegally attacking one of the supposedly most protected environmental areas of Mallorca”.
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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.