New radar in Torremolinos: it will be activated on Friday and Saturday nights on Avenida de la Libertad.

There's no other way. The Torremolinos City Council has announced that it will install a radar on Liberty Avenue to try to reduce the high number of accidents that occur on the road. Initially, the radar will be installed on the stretch between El Pozuelo crossing and the roundabout at the junction with José María Amado Street, due to the high accident rate. The City Council will announce through social media when it will start operating, but initially, the radar will only be active on Friday and Saturday nights, during the campaigns set by the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT). The goal is to prevent vehicles from reaching high speeds on the stretch before reaching the roundabout where numerous accidents have been occurring for years. Excessive speed combined with the consumption of alcohol and drugs are the main causes of the accidents recorded on this stretch, according to a study of the accidents that occur at this point. The analysis of the data highlights that almost all of the incidents on this road occur between two and five in the morning. Hence the decision to activate the radar only during nighttime hours. The maximum speed allowed on this road is 40 kilometers per hour, although in the stretch closest to the roundabout it is reduced to 30 kilometers per hour. The report from the Local Police reflects that drivers, upon seeing the straight road, tend to accelerate and greatly exceed the maximum permitted speed, producing a tunnel effect in their vision, which prevents them from noticing the existing signage. Subsequently, they encounter a first speed bump and, in trying to correct the vehicle, they encounter another bump that destabilizes them, losing control and crashing into the roundabout which sometimes has acted like a catapult. The placement of the radar is in addition to other previous measures such as resurfacing and painting the road, removing the first speed bump to reinstall it a few meters before the junction with Sebastián Souvirón Street, where rubber bumps have been placed to protect the entry and exit of vehicles from that street. Additionally, a traffic light has been installed that lights up in red when the permitted speed is exceeded. The Torremolinos City Council thus responds to the request of the residents who have expressed their concern since in many of the accidents the vehicle has ended up crossing the sidewalk and falling into a landscaped area or even into the parking lot of one of the adjacent residential blocks.