Driving in Barcelona
You should remember to carry your driving licence and valid insurance documents with you at all times in case you are stopped by the police.
Also, you are also required to carry in the car a reflective vest, two warning triangles, a set of spare bulbs and a spare wheel.
Spain has a higher accident rate than the UK, probably a least partly due to a combination of poor road signage, narrow lanes in cities and roads converging and diverging from all sides. Many of the roads around Barcelona are now equipped with cameras, so you should watch your speed in these areas to avoid being fined.
Avinguda Diagonal has a tram line running its length, so if you find yourself crossing Diagonal, be extremely careful; there have been many cases of trams running into cars while waiting for the traffic lights to change. In our opinion this is mainly due to the scheme being badly thought out, but compounded by badly marked stop lines on the road. Again, it comes down to an almost total lack of well thought-out traffic management within the city.
A more general point to watch is that immediately after turning at a junction controlled by traffic lights, you will probably be required to give way to pedestrians crossing.
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