Spain’s Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) is expanding its speed-control network through a €1.02 million contract, excluding VAT, for dynamic speed-measuring equipment for vehicles operated by the Guardia Civil’s Traffic Group. The contract award was published in the Official State Gazette on April 6 and went to Tradesegur.
The devices must use Doppler technology and be capable of measuring speed both when a police vehicle is stopped and when it is moving. The contract does not specify Veloláser units, but the equipment is expected to be similar in some respects.
Veloláser cameras have been used by the DGT since 2018. Their numbers rose from an initial 60 to 130 after a further 70 were added, and the agency is continuing a broader programme to increase speed controls.
Separately, the DGT announced on February 27 that 33 new speed cameras had entered service: 20 fixed cameras and 13 average-speed systems. The wider programme includes 122 new control points. At the time of the announcement, 106 were operational and 16 were still due to be installed during the year.
Veloláser units are described as measuring just over 50 centimetres and weighing less than two kilograms. They can be carried by traffic officers and placed in locations such as beside a road sign, on a lamppost or behind a guardrail. They use laser technology to measure speed and can send recorded images and data to officers over 4G or Wi-Fi.
Sources: Motorpasión.