Every year, people drown in the sea and in swimming pools in Spain. Children should always be supervised, even if they can swim or there is a lifeguard present. National Police serving as de facto autonomous police [ edit ] Policía Autonómica Galega Policía Autonómica Aragón The National Police may well pass your call on to the local chaps, but it´s worth noting that the National Police will always have facilities to respond to your initial call in English, whereas there is no guarantee that your local police station will have a resident English speaker. The emergency number in Spain for Fire, Ambulance and Police is 112.

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Motorists in Spain drive on the right-hand side of the road and overtake on the left. Generally, vehicles on the right have priority. At roundabouts, vehicles that are already on the roundabout have priority over those approaching. Spain and Portugal have also rolled out speed-triggered traffic lights. There are sensors in the road which recognise whether a passing vehicle is speeding – and if it is, a set of traffic lights further up the road will switch from green to red, halting the driver. There are no fines for this method of speed enforcement. The idea is to shame the driver into slowing down. Rules of the road

Take care when swimming in the sea. Some beaches, especially around Spanish islands, may have strong undercurrents. In some Autonomous Communities there is an autonomous police force, under the rule of the regional government, which carries out the duties of the Civil Guard and the National Police there. This police forces are the Troopers ( Mossos d'Esquadra) in Catalonia (17.000), the Ertzaintza in the Basque Country (8,000), and the Chartered Police ( Policía Foral or Foruzaingoa in Basque) in Navarre (1100). They answer to their respective autonomous governments. The Basque province of Alava retains Spain's oldest police force, the Miñones de Álava [ es] ("Minions"), founded in 1793. Although now an integral division of the Basque Ertzaintza, it answers to the provincial government of Álava.