Local Police Santomera has made about 1,500 controls in the campaign on driving distractions.
Specifically, from the 5th to 18th March, 1482 have been the number of vehicles checked in the municipality, of which 0.2% of drivers have been arrested.
As for the allegations made in connection with this campaign, noted that only 3 of the drivers have been reported by mobile phone use, a low percentage, but certainly this kind of awareness campaigns trying to eradicate.
Respectively to other offenses that were reviewed during the campaign, use of helmets or headphones connected to receivers or sound players other than the phone, or use and / or handling while driving internet access screens, monitors, VCRs or DVD, or browsers, on the devices or any other offense, cause distraction on driving, the result has been very positive, no driver committed a breach.
Thus, the mayor, Jose Maria Sanchez, wanted to use to "congratulate the residents of the municipality for their civic behavior behind the wheel."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Santomera