Tráfico controls over next week as part of campaign to improve safety for vans and lorries

[Janet]

Over the next week, Tráfico will be carrying out a national campaign of control points to monitor commercial vehicles. The DGT says that although 67% of the vehicles in Spain are cars, vans and lorries represent the second largest type of vehicle on Spanish roads - 15% - and involve 14% of accidents resulting in injuries. Checks will include speed, driving hours, tachographs, weight being transported and load security, technical defects, and driver and vehicle documentation. The police will also be checking that commercial vehicles comply with various EU directives concerning mirrors and reflective markings. JA

[Nova]

...vans and lorries represent the second largest type of vehicle on Spanish roads...

I had to read that twice to realise you meant statistically speaking rather than stating the obvious    Well, not so obvious as I couldn't think of a vehicle larger than a lorry 

[Perikles]

vans and lorries represent the second largest type of vehicle on Spanish roads - 15% - and involve 14% of accidents resulting in injuries.

... so they are no more and no less dangerous than cars then. Why then this particular crackdown? 

[poker]

... so they are no more and no less dangerous than cars then. Why then this particular crackdown? 

Companies can pay more than the averidge household in crisis ........?

[Janet]

 I first posted this last year, and again this year, Tráfico will be carrying out a national van and lorry campaign. As I said above last year, the campaign will be checking speed, driving hours, tachographs, weight being transported and load security, technical defects, and driver and vehicle documentation. The police will also be checking that commercial vehicles comply with various EU directives concerning mirrors and reflective markings. The controls will be in place until next Sunday, 15 February. JA