| 1970 |
New speed limit of 60 km/h in urban roads, 90 km/h in rural roads and 120 km/h in motorways. |
| Mandatory installation of seat belts on front seats, for all cars. |
| Mandatory use of helmet for all motorcycle occupants. |
| 1976 |
Campaign to influence driver’s behaviour. |
| 1977 |
Mandatory use of seat belts by the driver and all passengers on front seats, outside urban roads. |
| 1979 |
Campaign to increase the use of seat belts. |
| 1980 |
Campaign to increase the use of lightening systems. |
| 1982 |
Introduction of a alcohol limit of 0.8 g/l. |
| Mandatory installation of a special sign on long vehicles. |
| Campaign against drinking and driving. |
| Campaign to teach children how to walk on the road, and how to cross it. |
| 1983 |
New alcohol limit of 0.5 g/l. |
| Daytime running lights for two wheels vehicles. |
| Mandatory installation of a special sign on slow vehicles. |
| Campaign against drinking and driving. |
| 1984 |
Campaign for elder protection. |
| Campaign addressing young road users on the way to school. |
| 1985 |
Mandatory installation of reflector devices on two wheel vehicles. |
| Mandatory installation of tachographs in lorries. |
| Campaign to increase the use of seat belts. |
| Campaign against drinking and driving. |
| Campaign for children protection. |
| 1986 |
Campaign to increase the use of lights on two wheeled vehicles. |
| Campaign against drinking and driving. |
| 1987 |
Campaign against drinking and driving. |
| Campaign for elder protection. |
| Campaign to increase children’s transportation on back seats |
| 1988 |
Campaign to increase the use of reflector devices on two wheel vehicles. |
| Campaign addressing signals preservation. |
| Campaign against drinking and driving. |
| Campaign for pedestrian protection. |
| 1989 |
Mandatory installation of seat belts on all seats, for all cars. |
| Mandatory installation of rear fog lights in all motor vehicles. |
| 1990 |
New alcohol limits: above de 0.5g/l – level 1 penalty; above 0.8g/l – level two penalty; above 1.2g/l – crime. |
| Standardization of early warning signs. |
| Campaign to increase the use of reflector devices on two wheel vehicles. |
| Campaign to increase the use of seat belts. |
| Campaign against drinking and driving. |
| 1991 |
Permission for liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) use in motor vehicles. |
| Campaign addressing drinking and driving, use of seat belts, the speed and the inter-vehicular distance. |
| 1992 |
Mandatory vehicle inspection every two years. |
| Mandatory front seat belt use by all occupants in every roads. |
| Probatory character of all drivers license: the license only becomes definitive after two years of its emission. |
| Campaign addressing speed, pedestrians, alcohol and seat belts. |
| 1993 |
New regulation for vehicle inspection. |
| Campaign addressing young drivers related with the use of seat belts, speeding, drinking and driving and two wheeled vehicles. |
| 1994 |
New Highway Code. The main changes were related with dangerous driver behavior. |
| New speed limits: 50km/h in urban roads; 90 km/h in rural roads; 100 km/h in express roads; 120 km/h in motorways. |
| Higher penalties for highway code violations. New administrative penalty classes: level 1- mild offense, level 2 – serious offense, level 3: very serious offense. Level 2 and 3 penalties can be applied with driver’s license suspension. |
| Mandatory use of seat belts by all occupants in all roads. |
| Mandatory installation of speed limitation devices in all lorries weighing more than 12000 kg (85 km/h) and buses weighing more than 10000 kg (100km/h). |
| New priority regulation for roundabouts: traffic is entering the roundabout has to give way. |
| Mandatory use of child protection devices. |
| Driving under the influence of drugs is forbidden. |
| New driving, medical and psychological exams are mandatory for dangerous driver behavior. |
| Campaign to enforce the accomplishment of the highway code. |
| 1995 |
New rules for vehicle inspection: increasing its frequency. |
| Campaign to influence driver’s behaviour. |
| 1996 |
Campaign addressing pedestrians, alcohol and seat belts. |
| 1997 |
New weight and length limits. |
| Taxi drivers, police officers and firemen are allowed to drive without seat belts. |
| Campaign to reduce speeding. |
| 1998 |
New Highway Code. |
| New traffic signs and signals regulation. |
| Mandatory installation of tyre patterns above 1.6 mm for cars and trailers under 3500 kg, and above 1 mm for motorcycles and the rest of motor vehicles. |
| Traffic prohibition for dangerous materials vehicles to circulate from 15:00 to 22:00 on Saturdays and from07:00 to 24:00 on Sundays and holidays. |
| New priority rule, stating the obligation to give way to vehicles on tracks. |
| New speed limit of 100 km/h for lorries and buses on motorways. |
| Application of the maximum penalties for recidivist drivers (repetition of serious or very serious offences in less than 3 years). |
| Campaign to influence driver’s behaviour. |
