In a statement, the National Republican Guard stresses that during the summer there is a "substantial increase in traffic", but this year, due to the pandemic of covid-19, "a greater flow of travel is expected".

During the “Travel in safety” operation, GNR will favour “preventive action” on the main roads, such as highways, main routes, complementary routes and national roads, through an “effort for the most critical roads” with the objective of “Combat road accidents, guarantee the fluidity of traffic and support all road users, providing them with safe travel”.

GNR says that, between 1 January and 31 May, it inspected 556,667 drivers and detected more than 177,000 infractions, 60,464 of which were for speeding, 9,755 for lack of mandatory periodic inspection, 6,770 for using the mobile phone while driving and 6.315 for lack or incorrect use of the seat belt and child restraint system.

This security force also registered, in the first five months of the year, 7,271 infractions for driving under the influence of alcohol, 3,112 of which led to the arrest of the driver for having a blood alcohol level equal to or greater than 1.2 g / l, which is a crime.

GNR also detained 1,967 drivers for lack of legal qualifications to drive.

For the “Travelling in safety” operation, the military of the Territorial Commands and the National Traffic Unit (UNT) will be engaged in a coordinated patrolling and road inspection action, in which the inspection will focus on risky behaviours that road safety.

The GNR military will be alert to dangerous overtaking manoeuvres, driving under the influence of alcohol and psychotropic substances, driving without a legal license, speeding, wearing a seat belt and the use of a mobile phone while driving.