Driver investigated for travelling at 174 km/h on the CV-309 near Sagunto: two traffic offences
The Guardia Civil is investigating a 57-year-old man who was clocked at 174 km/h on 25 October in an 80 km/h stretch of the CV-309, near Sagunto.
On the afternoon of 25 October, a team from the Guardia Civil's Valencia B Traffic Detachment (the national police force that patrols roads) was running a speed check on the CV-309, near Sagunto, when it recorded a high-end car at 174 km/h. The limit on that stretch is 80 km/h: the car was 94 km/h over it, more than double the permitted speed. The driver is a 57-year-old man whose identity has not been made public.
While the officers were identifying him, another driver stopped his vehicle to file a voluntary complaint. He said the car had made several overtaking manoeuvres without visibility and without respecting the continuous solid line, putting other road users at risk. That statement added a second matter to the speed reading.
With both elements in hand, an Accident Investigation Team of the Traffic Subsector of the Guardia Civil in Valencia opened proceedings for two alleged road-safety offences: speeding and driving with manifest recklessness. This is an investigation, not a conviction, and it will be up to the courts to assess what happened.
The first offence is set out in article 379.1 of the Criminal Code and applies when the limit on an interurban road is exceeded by more than 80 km/h, which would be the case here with the 94 km/h excess measured. The penalties are three to six months in prison, a fine of six to twelve months, or community service of 31 to 90 days. A driving ban of one to four years is added to that.
The second, driving with manifest recklessness, falls under article 380. It is the more serious part of the case: it carries six months to two years in prison and withdrawal of the driving licence for one to six years. For anyone who uses the CV-309 every day, the case offers a practical lesson: a measured speeding offence and another driver's report of dangerous overtaking can end up together in the same criminal file.
The proceedings opened by the Guardia Civil have been sent to the duty court (Juzgado de Guardia) in Sagunto, which will decide how the case continues. According to El Periódico de Aquí.
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