{
  "id": 19657630,
  "title": "Nearly 200 Valencian Drivers Referred to Court Over Road-Safety Offences",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/nearly-200-valencian-drivers-referred-to-court-over-road-safety",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T13:50:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Leader",
    "slug": "the-leader",
    "url": "https://theleader.info/2026/11/12/nearly-200-valencian-drivers-referred-to-court-over-road-safety-offences/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Guardia Civil Traffic Division in the Valencian Community has referred 199 drivers to court during October on suspicion of road-safety offences. Of these, 101 drivers were stopped for driving without a valid licence, which included 49 with no penalty points, 10 under a court-ordered driving ban, and 42 without a licence at all. Additionally, 80 drivers were reported for driving under the influence of alcohol, while seven were accused of dangerous driving, six for drug-driving, and five for speeding offences. Notably, the majority of offences were related to driving without a valid licence, with the majority of these occurring in Valencia province.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}