The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT)General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) has started this Friday December 20starting at 3:00 p.m., to an ambitious road safety device to cover the more than 20.1 million trips planned on Spanish roads during the Christmas festivities.
This operation will run until midnight on Monday, January 6 2025, covering three strategic phases: Christmas, New Year’s Eve and Three Kings.
The first phase, which It will take place between December 20 and 25coincides with the Christmas Eve and Christmas celebrations, where they are expected 6.7 million trips. Then the second phase It will cover the period between December 27 and January 1while the third and final phase, from January 3 to 6will coincide with the Three Kings holiday.
The main destinations will be second homesski resorts and winter tourism areas, as well as commercial and urban areas, especially during weekends and holidays.
To cope with this high volume of traffic, The DGT has arranged a wide deployment of means human and technical, including:
In addition, Speed and alcohol controls will be intensifiedSpeed and alcohol controls will be intensified as preventive measures to reduce accidents.
The DGT insists on the importance of avoid alcohol while drivingavoid alcohol while driving, take extreme caution on short and night trips and pay attention to the adverse weather conditionssuch as snow, ice, fog or rain, which can occur suddenly.
In addition, this year’s Christmas campaign seeks to raise awareness among drivers under the motto: “Drive as if you were driving the main course of the Christmas meal.”“Drive as if you were carrying the main course of the Christmas meal”, a message that calls for prudence and responsibility on every journey.
To facilitate the trip, The DGT will keep traffic information updated through its official website, social networks (@DGTes and @InformacionDGT), and the telephone 011where you can consult incidents, times of greatest congestion and safety tips. These holidays, the priority is clear: Enjoy the Christmas spirit without compromising road safety.