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Road Safety Campaigns

In the coming weeks police will be undertaking 2 Road Safety Campaigns:

1.  Radar speed controls:  Under an arangement between DGT (General Traffic) and  Benitachell Local Police. This is intended to prevent accidents and increase safety on roads in municipal ownership.

The Provincial Traffic Police of Alicante have loaned the radar equipped vehicle to carry out this exercise. Our goal is to target certain roads where motorists drive at excessive speeds, as shown by studies, reports from our officers and compaints from residents.

2.  Drink Driving Controls:  The Director General of Traffic has mounted a campaign for the control of drinking and driving.

The only safe alcohol rate when driving is 0.0%. Although we may believe that we have full use of our physical and mental faculties, with alcohol intake we are multiplying the risk of an accident. Alcohol is not only related to a higher accident rates but also has implications for increased mortality, as a factor associated with a worse prognosis in injury recovery.  

We hope to receive the your cooperation in any road safety measures we take in our streets and roads, as this is essential in a modern and advanced society. (See more articles below)

Casanova Carlos Sanchez (left) and Raul Andres Estalrich (right) with Town Hall Secretary, Jesus Angel Castro, the Mayor, Josefa Round, Councillor for Security, Andrew Bicknell and Local Police Chief Jose Mayans.

The ceremony for the inauguration of the officers took place in the Council chamber, chaired by the Mayor, Josefa Ronda with Councillor for Security, Andrew Bicknell and Local Police Chief Jose Mayans. They were assisted by the Town Hall Secretary, Jesus Angel Castro.
The new local Officers, Carlos Sanchez and Raul Casanova Andres Estalrich were sworn in after successfully passing the Basic Training Course under IVASPE (Valencian Institute of Public Safety and Emergency).
With these additional “fixed Officers” there is more stability in the local police, avoiding the need to use as much “interim” cover. This allows the Force to function better and leads to a higher quality service to residents.

Cooperation Between Benitachell Town Hall and Provincial Traffic Authorities

A few months ago an agreement was signed between the Provincial Traffic Department and Town Hall on use of speed radar, installed in vehicles.
 
The purpose of this agreement is to control speeding of vehicles traveling on public roads in the municipality. To this end, the Provincial Traffic Headquarters is going to lend Benitachell radar equipped vehicles.

The Local Police will use the vehicles on roads, where reports and complaints indicate a speeding problem, as an accident prevention measure.

After the signing of the cooperation agreement with the Provincial Traffic Department (see above), two local police officers attended Alicante to take the training course in the use of radar equipment.

Multanova, the company responsible for running the courses, included practical sessions, using vehicles of the Directorate General of Traffic, identical to those which will be used in Benitachell.

All the traffic lights within the village have now been coverted to work with LEDs, a technology that produces a more visible light, with less energy consumption, and is more reliable and durable than traditional bulbs.

Is estimated that the LEDs will consume 80% power less than a conventional lamp with the relative reduction of CO2 discharged into the atmosphere.

The LEDs provide increased traffic safety because they last longer and maintenance is cheaper. They do not suffer the "ghost effect" when in direct sunlight, so that the aspect illuminated is always clearly visible.