DGT announces a new speed signal with a green border: what does this mean and how it affects you

In the absence of a month to start summer, DGT announced a new transport signal. On Spanish roads you can find them, as well as in several areas of Europe, such as Southern France. Related with Speed ​​trackingIt has a new color that attracts a lot of attention, and knowledge of its meaning is very useful to have more context about the area in which you circulate. Novelty? A New design classic high -speed signal.

The new DGT member is formed by elements that drivers know well and, in fact, it has only a corresponding change. Its edge is not painted red, but greenThe interior field, yes, continues to show the white background and the number that refers to speed.

Famous aesthetic changes, we go for the purpose. DGT will include this new signal for indicating Recommended speed along the path that you circulate. That is, this is not a new restriction or restriction, but recommendationThe field and, therefore, you can take this into account or not.

Is it possible to exceed the speed of this new green DGT signal?

YeahAs the field indicated DGT, this is the recommendation of maximum speed for this road and will be placed on roads, where it is advisable to maintain a slower circulation than the marked limit.

Therefore, if you find one of these new signs with a green edge, No one can spend you if you are exceeding the indicated speedNow, if there are several of them on the road where you circulate, you can know that this is a route with certain complications, roads in poor condition or dangerous situations.

Seeing the use that France uses in this new signal does not seem that Spanish roads will be filled with recommendations of speed with a green edge: rather, they will be used in concrete areas, where DGT believes that for most it is recommended to go a little slower.

What if I meet at red speed with a smaller number? Then, The indication of the obligation always prevailsSuch a life. The DGT signal hierarchy is preserved, and restrictions should be taken into account the recommendations.

At the moment, DGT has not announced a plan for the distribution of this new signal through the territory of the Spanish language, although he confirmed that You can stop with any of them over the next months. In addition, he emphasizes its use from the deployment that countries such as France make, where you can often find this marked recommendation of speed.