Barcelona improves safety for motorcyclists.

The City Council will strengthen the city's motorists protection Comptal installing a linear barriers on the curb of the pavement of the streets.

These protective barriers that prevent the rider, according to the inertia of a possible fall, leaving the perimeter of the street, either the top or the bottom.

It is planned to cover 29 kilometers of dangerous sections, those who have already placed 14 kilometers at a cost of 30,000 euros per kilometer and a total investment of over one million euros.

Although the legislation is not required for urban areas, the area of ​​Environment of the Catalan capital will promote the application in order to reduce injury risks for motorcyclists that Barcelona are a group of 280,000 motorcycles . The number of motorcycle accidents in Barcelona in 2008 decreased 19% compared to 2006, with 12,222 accidents in 2006, 11,040 in 2007 and 9892 in 2008. Following this downward trend, the initiative of Barcelona City Council aims to protect motorists from the Catalan capital and contribute to the decline in accidents.