The Civil Guard is investigating a 36-year-old man who invaded the opposite lane in a section of curves on the TF-12 road, between San Andrés and El Bailadero, as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of reckless driving, and forced a cyclist to make a sudden maneuver to avoid a frontal collision.
The driver has been located by agents of the Investigation and Analysis Group of the Canary Islands Traffic Sector after detecting the dissemination of a video on social networks in which it was observed how a van was overtaking “with notorious disregard for traffic regulations.”
The maneuver was carried out in a section of successive curves occupying the lane reserved for the opposite direction and forcing a cyclist who was circulating correctly to make a risky change of trajectory to avoid an imminent frontal collision with the van, the Civil Guard reported in a statement.
He adds that it is a conduct that clearly affects road safety “with a concrete danger” to his life and that of other road users, for which reason an investigation was initiated with the aim of achieving the identification and arrest of the driver of said vehicle.
The road on which this maneuver was carried out is TF-12, with one lane for each direction of traffic and signposted as mountain, with a prohibition on driving at a speed greater than 60 kilometers per hour and a warning sign for the proximity of a succession of curves close to each other, in addition to another that indicates a different risk from those warned by other signals.
The cyclist involved in the event explained to this newspaper, after the images of the reckless overtaking went viral, that the pavement in that area is “in poor condition.” On the other hand, it is one of the roads “most frequented by cyclists in the area”, but there is “no precautionary signage in this regard”.
As a result of the investigation carried out, the driver and the vehicle used were located and identified and the police report was delivered to the Investigating Court on Duty in the judicial district of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
The Traffic Group of the Civil Guard recalls that according to the Criminal Code, the crime of reckless driving is punishable by a prison sentence of between six months and two years and the deprivation of the right to drive motor vehicles and mopeds for a period of more than one to six years.
