introducing the penalty point system in spain

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Penalty point system in Spain

Prof. PhD. Jaime Sanmartn


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The Spanish penalty point system

Will start from the 1st of July 2006.

Approved by the Parliament on the 29th ofJune 2005.

Very similar to the French one:

The driver has an amount that he is going tolose with offences.

Fundamental key to reduce the fatality rate

European target to reducing by 50% thenumber of road fatalities by the year 2010.


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[The situation in Spain]:: 2004

43,197,684 inhabitants 94,009 accidents 4,741 killed

23,019,420 licences 113 killed per million inhabitants(EU average = 95)26,432,641 vehicles


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The pps intents

To be complementarywith the regular sanctionscheme: points + fine

To make aware, to re-educate

To stimulate the driversself-responsibility

To change his mentalityregarding the offences


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Messages from the Ministry & DGT*

Consider the driving licence not as a vestedright

but as a vote of confidence offered by

society that could be lost after irresponsible driving.

Then:

Only good drivers will have their place We will drive better and safer

* General Directorate of Road Traffic


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Pps overview

Starting with 12 points (8 for novice)

Subtraction according offences (2 to 6)

Gaining without offences (max 15) 3 years +2

3 years more +1

Recovering points:

2/3 years without losing again 12 points

12 hour re-education course up to +4


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Lost anypoints?

3 yearsw/o loss?

3 years morew/o loss?+2

+1

15max

Want

course?

+4max

Very seriousoffence?

2 yearsw/o loss?

123 years

w/o loss?

Lost allthe points?

LICENCELOST

Novel or

recidivist?

12h coursepassed?

Anycourse 2/1 years

before?

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Y

time forprofessionals

Ways of gaining points

8

12

LICENCE:> 3 years

LICENCE: 3 years or

After loss


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Recover suspended licence

May be recovered only after 6/3* months

Compulsory 24 hour course of awareness andre-education

Theoretical test and a psychophysical exam Re-starting with 8 points

If all the points are lost again in less than 3

years: 12/6* months suspension

* Professional drivers


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time forprofessionals

Coursepassed?

8

Wait 6/3months

Again before3 years?

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Y

Getting the licence again

LICENCELOST

Wait 12/6months

24hours

course

Theoreticaltest passed?

Psychophysicalexam passed?

NEWLICENCE


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[Losing points]::

Specific serious offences:2, 3, 4 or 6 points

Maximum: 8 point per day(except very seriousoffences)


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[Losing points]::

Alcohol >0.50 mg/l (>0.30 professionals & novels)

Drugs & other substances

Refuse analysis of alcohol, drugs

Speeding >50% of the limit, & at least >30 Km/h

(>180 motorways, >135 roads & >80 urban)

Dangerous driving, wrong way, races

Excess of 50% driving or rest time for carriers

-6 points


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[Losing points]::

Driving on a motorwaywith prohibited vehicle

Driving with more than 50%of authorized occupants

Not obeying trafficofficers signals

Driving with notappropriated licence

Reversing in motorways Speeding >40 Km/h over thelimit (& 0.25-0,50 mg/l(>0.15-0.30 profs. & novels)

Throwing on the roaddangerous objects

Not obeying: stop sign, rightway, zebra crossing, trafficlights,Failing to comply with

the overtaking rules

-4 points


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[Losing points]::

Speeding >30-40 Km/hover the limit

Speeding >20-30 Km/hover the limit

Changing directionillegally

Dangerous stops or park-ing (incl. reserved lanes)

Failing to comply with thesafe distance

Driving with systems toavoid vigilance

Driving using mobilephone (excl. hand-free)

Driving without lights

Driving without seat belt,

helmet,

Circulating with


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[Courses]:: Main lines

High level of standardization, one of thepeculiar aspect of the system

Courses given by a driving instructor and a

psychologist, previously trained by INTRAS(80/12 hours course respectively)

Courses content mainly concentrated on

road safety Contents specifically designed by INTRAS,

including manuals and interactive multimedia

DVD-ROMs


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Reference manuals with versions for thetrainer and the trainee


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Interactive learning & auto-evaluationwith multimedia DVD-ROMs


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[Courses]:: Objectives

Unify as well the content and the methodologyof the courses in order to:

Sensitize on the serious human, economic and

social consequences derived from roadaccidents

Make the drivers aware of their own implicationin dangerous driving

Re-educate the behaviours and the attitudesfrom reflection and from a perspective ofimproving coexistence and respect


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[Courses]:: Two types

Partialrecovery

Optionalfor gainingpoints

12 hours

Up to +4points more

Cost: 170

Totalrecovery

Compulsoryfor getting thelicence again

24 hours

All the points(up to 8)

Cost: 320


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[Courses]:: Two parts

General training

DVD-ROM assisted + trainer explanations

Reflection and discussion (partial recovery)

Group dynamics (total recovery) Complementary manual for the trainer

Specific training Individualized (previous test & assessment)

DVD-ROM interactive + trainer support

Complementary manual for the trainee


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[Courses]:: Content topics

Traffic accidents: the magnitude of the problem

Dynamic of a collision and its consequences

The driving as a taking decisions process

Basic capabilities for a safe driving Special risk groups: children, youth, elderly,

pedestrians, cyclists

Risk factors: speed, alcohol, drugs, sleep, fatigue...

Active & passive safety Preventive driving in front of adverse conditions

Behaviour after an accident

The importance of following the rules


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[Courses]:: Distribution

CNAE: National Confedera-tion of Driving Schools (aftera public tender; for 5 years)

199 centres 07/06 30% 10/06 50% 01/07 100%

Almost one everyprovincial capital

90% nearestthan 30 Km

Exceptions:

Basque

Country

Catalonia


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[Diffusion]::

January Web February courses for trainers

March educational campaign: conferences

April call centre & international conference

May mailing to drivers

June intensive TV, radio & newspaper campaign

http://www.permisoporpuntos.es


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[Acceptance]:: DGT survey (Dec-2005)

7,50%

6,60%

6,20%

1,10%

2,30%

1,40%

18,30%

26,30%

24,30%

10,60%

18,10%

67,90%

74,20%

67,10%

69,50%

88,30%

79,60%

30,70%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

General agreement

Reduce accidents

Increase good driving habits

Licence lost due to serious offences

Course to get again the licence

Personally worried?

Agreement: N/R, indifferent Nothing/Less Quite/More


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[Acceptance]:: Sectorial opinions

Automobile Clubs

Agree the governmental initiative

It could reduce road deaths by 3% to 10% (up

to 500 deaths less per year).

Transport professionals:

Work & salary problems because more exposed

Claims for specific rules for professionals


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Some forecasts

The attendance to the courses could be:

About 60,000 drivers/year

10% (6,000) because having lost the licence

The system could reduce the number of:

Road fatalities by 10 to 15%

Accidents up to 40% in 5 years


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The [real] challenges

The logistic challenge:

Coordination between the national, autonomicand local police in their tasks of supervising

Central follow-up of the points The social challenge:

To acquire a consensus of cultural change

To improve realistic knowledge and positivevalues associated to road safety

To get a real change in the driving behaviour


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Questions [& things thatshould be done]

Do we have the right relationship between thepoints and the severity of the offences?

Would it be positive to include specifically the

at-fault accidents as an element of the penaltysystem?

What type of recidivist offenders will we comeacross?

Will some of them need re-education or maybe aparticular treatment? (e.g. alcohol, drugs,delinquency, psychopathologies)


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More questions [& more things thatshould be done]

Will we have to increase police control toguarantee the credibility & effectiveness of thesystem?

Could the delays of the bureaucracy mitigate thepositive reinforcement effects of the system?

Will we be able to differentiate the effects of thepenalty points from the ones of the re-education

courses?

Should we have EU harmonized principles for thepenalty point systems?


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Finally [?]

This is one more measure that must fit with

others, but its importance and scope may (or

should) generate a before and an after in

the Spanish road safety

[Thank you]!!

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