We all know that the maximum speed limit on highways and highways in Spain is 120 km/h, although not everyone respects it. A few hours ago it came to light that the president of the PP of Ourense and president of the Diputación de Ourense, Manuel Baltar, was hunted a few days ago by a Civil Guard radar at more than 200 km/h.
Specifically the speed radar he caught it at 215 km/h last Sunday afternoon on the A-52 highway, near Zamora, when he was heading towards the Spanish capital. It seems that the next day he had several meetings in Madrid. At that moment he was driving an official car belonging to the Diputación de Ourense, which is logically at the service of the Presidency.
As pointed EFE, this orensano politician has been penalized with 600 euros and the withdrawal of six points of the driver's license, a fine that sources from the Provincial Council have confirmed that he is going to pay. Anyway, according to the penal Code, driving exceeding the legal limit by 80 km/h on an interurban road is crime against road safety and even carries a prison sentence.
… will be punished with imprisonment from three to six months or with a fine from six to twelve months or with work for the benefit of the community from thirty-one to ninety days, and, in any case, with deprivation of the right to drive motor vehicles and mopeds for a period of more than one and up to four years
Apparently, according to reports El País, Traffic Civil Guard agents visited Manuel Baltar when he was in an official act, informing him that they had opened "police proceedings to investigate an alleged crime against road safety due to speeding”. We will see if they finally go beyond the sanction imposed at first and it becomes a crime.
In any case, it is still "curious" that a politician, who are the first to set an example the rest of the citizenry, make mistakes of this type. Even more with an official car. We assume that neither Baltar himself nor the Popular Party of his province and region will have been very amused, even more so if we take into account that elections are approaching.