Tele Addict

Has anyone else received this leaflet?

There are now only 20 offences that you can get points for:

1. Alcohol
2. Drugs
3. Refusing a alcohol/substance test
4. Driving dangerously, against the flow or racing
5. Using equipment to try to beat Tráficos systems (radar detection for example)
6. Not following drive/rest periods.
7. Tachograph offences
8. Driving without the correct license
9. Throwing/dropping things into the road that might cause an accident
10. Not respecting priority, stop signs, give way signs or red lights
11. Improper overtaking
12. Endangering cyclists
13. Illegal u-turns
14. Reversing along motorways
15. Not respecting police on point duty
16. Driving too close to the car in front
17. Driving and operating a device at the same time (mobile, satnav, etc)
18. No seatbelt, helmet, baby seat, etc
19. Driving whilst disqualified
20. Speeding

Speeding is a funny one. To get points you need to be well over the limit. There's a chart. For example in a 120km/h limit you would have to be going more than 150km/h to get points... and even then it's only 2. 171-180km/h will get you 4 points, 181-190km/h 6 points, and over 191km/h 6 points and a ban.

So it looks like it's ok to drive with no insurance in a complete wreck with no brakes.

billgates

Also must be ok now for residents to drive foreign-plated vehicles.

cricketman

You'll still get fined, you just cant get points on your licence.

Anyway, as we have a UK driving licence, can they actually take points off us?

Rotor

This could be helpful to some Brits

cricketman

Ah I see

In Spain an offence means you lose points

In the UK an offence means you gain points

Which means they can't be compatible

Rotor

Thats why Ive kept my UK license, I may get a Spanish one if I ever go back to the UK

Casa Santo Estevo

No change in the driving habits yet!

I posted about this some time ago.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=668733

Fred James

As I understand it, if you are a resident and driving with a UK licence, then the first time you get done, the licence is registered on the fines database and if you lose enough points in future it will become invalid for use in Spain - I don't think they can actually confiscate it.

petew

First time I read this I thought it was an extract from the spanish version of The Highway Code.