https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Keeping to the speed limit is a must on Spanish motorways, but pay special attention on the following road sections, as their speed cameras handed out a huge volume of speeding tickets in Spain in 2019. https://www.thelocal.es/20200207/map-where-in-spain-you-are-most-likely-to-get-caught-speeding Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:45:12 +0100 map-where-in-spain-you-are-most-likely-to-get-caught-speeding Real Madrid star James Rodriguez was pursued by an unmarked police car to the club’s training ground for allegedly speeding at 200 kilometres per hour, Madrid sports daily AS reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160102/madrid-star-rodriguez-was-doing-200km-an-hour-on-motorway Sat, 02 Jan 2016 11:34:35 +0100 madrid-star-rodriguez-was-doing-200km-an-hour-on-motorway Spanish road authorities have reduced the speed margin on cameras without warning drivers in a bid to meet their target of pocketing a staggering €384 million ($496M) in fines by the end of 2014. https://www.thelocal.es/20140911/spains-road-lords-play-dirty-to-cash-in-1m-a-day-dgt-fine Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:05:00 +0200 spains-road-lords-play-dirty-to-cash-in-1m-a-day-dgt-fine A married couple from Barcelona has been charged for claiming that the husband’s deceased mother was behind the wheel of their cars when they committed numerous speeding offenses. https://www.thelocal.es/20140312/couple-blames-dead-mother-for-speeding Wed, 12 Mar 2014 14:41:00 +0100 couple-blames-dead-mother-for-speeding Madrid striker and French international Karim Benzema faces a possible six months in jail after being clocked by police radar more than doubling the speed limit at 216 kph, El País reported. https://www.thelocal.es/20130228/benzema-caught-speeding-at-216-kmph-on-madrid-motorway Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:51:00 +0100 benzema-caught-speeding-at-216-kmph-on-madrid-motorway