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Has explained Virginia Jerez Cayuela, provincial head of Traffic of the Region of Murcia, who has also stated that, "we must make the city can walk and circulate in a sustainable manner"

The sixth day of Road Safety, which is entitled 'Promotion of road safety: actions for transport planning and mobility' and that has taken place at the Catholic University of Murcia, has been a forum for debate where experts in this field They have shared experiences to help improve circulation policies.

The act was also held a day after the accident occurred on the A-30 highway, in which 2 people have died and there are 6 injured.

Virginia Jerez Cayuela, provincial head of Traffic of the Region of Murcia, states that, "we should not treat speed as a concurrent factor in accidents such as the A-30, in this case there are different circumstances due to the presence of stopped vehicles on a hard shoulder because of a breakdown. "

Virginia Jerez explains that this event makes us reflect on how to properly maintain our car, because we can find a technical problem in a high-capacity road.

"The first thing we must have when there is a breakdown is to protect ourselves and not get out of the vehicle, then we must warn that technically we solve that fault, in addition to the case yesterday also adds a possible distraction of a driver of a heavy vehicle , therefore, we are adding factors. "

Regarding the future law that will limit speed in the urban area to 30 km / h, the Provincial Traffic Chief stresses that it is true that today in the urban traffic regulations the limit is 50 km / h, but there is a clear tendency to protect pedestrians, bicycles and mopeds.

"There is a project that has already gone through the Ministry of the Interior and that consists of reducing the speed to 30 km / h in certain roads, but it is still to be approved and it would only be applied in one way, we must make the city can be walked and circulated in a sustainable way, but today we have to wait for the obligatory nature by law ".

The Region of Murcia has also joined the model of bike lanes in the urban area that is present throughout Europe, José Hurtado Bravo, director of the bicycle office at the City of Murcia, explained at the conference that the bike lane Murcia is the result of five projects that have been implemented in a six-month process and is the result of consensus among the various associations, political groups and engineers to try to make a safe, segregated bike lane and above all that can be used by many citizens.

"We are talking about putting the first stone of a mesh not only by the city, but also by the districts," concludes Hurtado.

Source: UCAM