The general director of Traffic,

Pere Navarro

, admitted this Wednesday that the abolition of the 20 extra kilometers for overtaking on secondary roads included in the

new Traffic Law

could be reversible.

"

We are aware of the debate

, but leave us a year and we will see the data," he assured at a conference organized by Europa Press in Madrid.

Navarro, sympathetic to those who criticize the new rule,

did not provide scientific data

on the effectiveness of suppressing this margin in overtaking, which has been criticized by road safety scholars, who consider that overtaking will be much more dangerous if the new imposition.

His main argument and "obsession" of the DGT is in

"the 234 deaths from head-on collisions on these roads",

in which, as he stressed,

"three out of four fatal accidents occur".

"Don't get lost in the debate"

"In light of the data, it will be necessary to see why the cancellation of those 20 km/h of margin would not work. The idea is not to get lost in a debate. The data will give us answers.

It almost stayed out because we had it very clear, but we were given understandable arguments

," Navarro said.

And he referred to a conversation with

parliamentarians who come to Madrid from the provinces

and in some cases not even from the provincial capitals.

"They tell me 'I come from the provinces, I don't do many kilometers in secondary schools but

don't ask me to give up that bonus to get there sooner

'. We understood his concern..."

In this and other matters that he dealt with to explain the novelties of the Traffic Law that will come into force on March 21, Pere Navarro insisted on

"the incalculable value of meeting with all the parliamentarians without haste and without the focus of the media

and that will help to see the measures that can be adapted to the reality of the data".

Navarro boasts that Road Safety finds consensus among the political groups "just as Congress is now."

Regarding actions to improve the accident rate on these highways, the general director reported that they are in permanent contact with the Ministry of Transport to

, "as far as possible, see the sections in which more lanes can be added",

although that is an attribution that does not correspond to the DGT.

30km/h

For example, this attitude would also be valid to review what the 30 km/h speed limit on urban roads with only one lane in each direction has meant for road safety.

"May 11 will mark one year since the implementation of this traffic rule.

The information that reaches us speaks of a positive impact

. Because it is not just road safety, but another concept of traffic, of the city. More human, quieter, to walk around. It is one more issue of convincing of the advantages. We will see them with the data and we will try to convince. Because social pressure, if everyone understands it and accepts it, is more effective than the police. Better that they be the citizens themselves who say draw attention to other citizens", explained Pere Navarro.

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