Topic: Vehicle safety devices · Nº 235 / 691
¿Están obligados los conductores y pasajeros de vehículos de emergencia a usar el cinturón de seguridad al conducir en zonas urbanas?
Must drivers and passengers of emergency vehicles wear seat belts when driving in urban areas?
- ALos conductores están obligados a usar el cinturón de seguridad; los pasajeros, no.Drivers must wear the seat belt; passengers need not.
- BNo.No.
- CLos conductores no están obligados a usar el cinturón de seguridad; los pasajeros, sí.Drivers need not wear the seat belt; passengers must.
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- BNo.No.
Under Article 119.2 of the General Traffic Regulations (RGC) (as worded by Royal Decree 518/2026), drivers and passengers of vehicles on emergency duty are exempt from wearing a seat belt when driving in built-up areas, but not on autopistas (motorways), autovías (dual carriageways) or conventional roads. Since the reform, taxi drivers on duty, goods delivery drivers and people accompanying a driving school learner no longer have this exemption.
La exención alcanzará igualmente cuando circulen en poblado, pero en ningún caso cuando lo hagan por autopistas, autovías o carreteras convencionales, a los conductores y pasajeros de los vehículos en servicios de urgencia.Read the full rule
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