Driving in Spain: better be a hands-on experience!

Paul Heymont 6/18/1510:00 AM

If you're driving in Spain anytime soon, keep your hands on the wheel. Spanish police are taking a very literal view of "keep your hands on the wheel and your eye on the road."

In two recent cases in the Salamanca area, drivers were fined for seemingly trivial offenses. In one, the driver unwrapped a piece of chewing gum. In another, a motorist was stopped and ticketed for "not maintaining the required freedom of movement" and for "driving while biting fingernails. The fine was 80€!

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DrFumblefingerGumbo Guru

Tooooo much of Big Brother in all this for my liking.

6/18/1510:19 AM

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