Discover how to recognize the camouflaged Civil Guard truck on the roads of Spain

11/19/2023 at 15:01

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This new DGT initiative seeks to detect a greater number of violations on Spanish roads

In recent years, the Civil Guard has incorporated camouflaged vehicles into its fleet to detect violations on Spanish roads. These vehicles, which range from passenger cars to trucks, They lack the usual symbols and colors of the Beneméritamaking it difficult to identify.

Some trucks resemble those intended for conventional transportation, which makes them particularly difficult to detect. These vehicles lack company logos or labels, and some have the acronym PGC (Civil Guard Park) on their license plates, facilitating their recognition.

The Social Drive application revealed four models of trucks used by the Civil Guard, such as the Renault Magnum and the Iveco Stralis, both with PGC plates. Also mentioned are an Iveco with a Madrid TN license plate and a Mercedes-Benz with the CBG plate.

Although Benemérita does not disclose the brand of these vehicles, applications and social networks have identified vans used for this purpose, such as the Renault Master, Fiat Scudo and Ford Transit, usually white, black or blue.

Although the Civil Guard does not reveal its control locations With mobile radars, various websites and social networks offer clues about your preferences.

Common places include shoulders and ditches in areas prone to exceeding the speed limits, with nearby hiding places. They are also located behind bridges or behind screens if the road allows it. With the introduction of laser veils, smaller and more difficult to detect devices, uncertainty about their presence increases.

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