The Civil Guard’s transport sector in La Rioja has twelve new road control motorcycles purchased by the General Directorate of Transport to renew the Rioja fleet. The new vehicles are equipped with the latest safety and operational technology and have mobile alcohol and drug detectors as well as portable radar devices for dynamic speed control.
They represent a commitment by the DGT to provide agents with the best means available in their fight for road safety in order to improve the accident data that it has produced on intercity roads in La Rioja so far this year, with 10 fatalities compared to the 10 registered last year.
The BMW R 1250 RT is the latest generation model that has all the safety and comfort elements, to which the specifications required by the General Directorate of Transport have been added to carry out the tasks assigned to it.
Highlighting their highly visible colors with fluoro-yellow reflectors that adapt to the new European regulations that recommend their use in police vehicles and LED lights They have greater displacement and greater power than those they replace. Its design allows you to carry the necessary equipment for conducting alcohol, drug, and speed checks. You can also store the helmet in your suitcase and carry a flashlight with a charger.
They have greater security measures, both active and passive, making the Spanish transport group currently the best equipped in this regard in the European Union.
The award ceremony, which took place this morning in the 10th Zone of the Guardia Civil in La Rioja, was attended by the government delegate of this municipality, Beatriz Arraiz. the provincial head of transport, Beatriz Zuiga, the acting colonel of the zone, Enrique Moure, and the commander in chief of the sector, Sergio Bueno Cepero.
