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Chrisdee wrote:Straight from the horses mouth. I asked the policeman at La Siesta if it were illegal for a man to drive without a shirt, and his answer was:- Maybe, maybe not, it all depends. Apparently it's in the highway code book (Spanish). Article 18.1 driving without a shirt violate the provision of Article 18 of the General Traffic Regulations, which entail a fine of 80 euros to 200 euros.
Articulo 18.1 says:
“Artículo 18. Otras obligaciones del conductor.
1. El conductor de un vehículo está obligado a mantener su propia libertad de movimientos, el campo necesario de visión y la atención permanente a la conducción, que garanticen su propia seguridad, la del resto de los ocupantes del vehículo y la de los demás usuarios de la vía. A estos efectos, deberá cuidar especialmente de mantener la posición adecuada y que la mantengan el resto de los pasajeros, y la adecuada colocación de los objetos o animales transportados para que no haya interferencia entre el conductor y cualquiera de ellos (artículo 11.2 del texto articulado).
Se considera incompatible con la obligatoria atención permanente a la conducción el uso por el conductor con el vehículo en movimiento de dispositivos tales como pantallas con acceso a internet, monitores de televisión y reproductores de vídeo o DVD. Se exceptúan, a estos efectos, el uso de monitores que estén a la vista del conductor y cuya utilización sea necesaria para la visión de acceso o bajada de peatones o para la visión en vehículos con cámara de maniobras traseras, así como el dispositivo GPS.”
Which Google translates as:
“Article 18. Other obligations of the driver. 1. The driver of a vehicle is obliged to maintain his own freedom of movement, the necessary field of vision and permanent attention to driving, guaranteeing his own safety, that of the rest of the occupants of the vehicle and that of other users of the way. For these purposes, you must take special care to maintain the proper position and keep it the rest of the passengers, and the proper placement of objects or animals transported so that there is no interference between the driver and any of them (article 11.2 of the articulated text ).It is considered incompatible with the mandatory permanent attention to driving the use by the driver with the moving vehicle of devices such as screens with internet access, television monitors and video or DVD players. For this purpose, the use of monitors that are in view of the driver and whose use is necessary for the vision of access or descent of pedestrians or for vision in vehicles with rear maneuvering camera, as well as the GPS device are excepted.”
No mention of shirts, flip flops, high heels etc.
As I said earlier, it’s all common sense stuff about being able to control your vehicle safely in all situations.
Pete.
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 10:29 am