Due to the restrictions imposed by some countries on Spanish travelers, this summer travel by road to national destinations will be the main protagonists. This week the director of the DGT, Pere Navarro, has attended the ‘Public Mirror’ program to talk about the exponential increase in traffic accidents and victims since the end of the State of Alarm, and has warned about the so-called ‘effect Superman ‘ , as published by’ Huffington Post ‘..
During his interview, Pere Navarro emphasized that, as of May, when the perimeter confinements and restrictions on mobility ended, there was a “boom” in travel . This resulted in a significant increase in traffic accidents and the number of fatalities. In June 2021, 110 people died on Spanish roads, 64 more than in 2020 and 40 more than in 2019.
«People want to go out, to live, to enjoy themselves and to have fun. And I understand it because I have them too. But from here on we relax and everything is the same ».
Pere Navarro has indicated that there is no main or only reason that explains why the increase in the number of accidents . In his personal and professional opinion, it is simply due to “general relaxation .”
The director of the DGT has gone a step further warning of the ‘Superman effect’ . Consider that there are people who, as they have received the complete schedule of the Covid-19 vaccine, believe that they are immune against everything. But the vaccine does not make anyone immune from traffic accidents. The main problems on Spanish roads are the following: speeding, lack of seatbelt and alcohol consumption.
In an interview on TV1’s ‘Telediario’ also granted this week, the director of the General Directorate of Traffic issued the same warning: “People want to live and it seems that everything else is taking a back seat. We are vaccinated and the vaccine makes us immune to the virus, but not to everything. It gives us a craving to go out and have fun and we seem to be forgetting the basics of survival which is nonsense .
Finally, it should be noted that, according to the DGT forecasts, 91 million trips are expected this summer.
