Drivers fined over V16 beacons at New Year's Eve sobriety checkpoints in Spain
A forum user reports that Catalonia's Mossos fined drivers without a V16 beacon at sobriety checkpoints on New Year's Eve. Debate over whether it's revenue-raising or safety.
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Fined over V16 beacons at sobriety checkpoints in Catalonia
At 00:00 on 1 January, the Mossos began fining drivers who were not carrying the V16 beacon at sobriety checkpoints. A forum user with a friend who is a Mossos officer tells the story on Burbuja.info: from 23:00 on 31 December the device was already mandatory and nobody was carrying one. The debate erupted instantly: disguised revenue-raising or enforcement of the rule?
The beacons' New Year's Eve
The thread opens with a message from Franco_Battiato claiming to have first-hand information. He links an article from El Periódico dated 30 December and a video. Forum users don't quite believe it: some were expecting a grace period, others recall that the DGT (Spain's traffic authority) had said there would be a period of leniency. But the reality is that, according to the account, the Mossos enforced the new regulation without hesitation from the very first minute.
Tax or safety?
Most comments are sceptical. "The perfect fine: the money for the Catalan treasury and the blame on Spain", sums up notengodeudas. Others see it as a disguised tax: "Higher tax pressure than Sweden and third-world salaries", writes Papo de luz. Only a few, like amarok, argue that if the rule is in force, you have to comply or pay the fine without complaining. A legal doubt also arises: can they demand the beacon at a sobriety checkpoint, when its use is intended only for breakdowns or accidents? Forum user IMPULSES raises the question, but nobody answers.
The thread closes with irony and distrust of the Catalan authorities' handling of the matter. The question left hanging: will they keep fining at every checkpoint, or was it just a show of force to start the year?
Related debates on the forum
At 00:00 on 1 January, the Mossos began fining drivers who were not carrying the V16 beacon at sobriety checkpoints. A forum user with a friend who is a Mossos officer tells the story on Burbuja.info: from 23:00 on 31 December the device was already mandatory and nobody was carrying one. The debate erupted instantly: disguised revenue-raising or enforcement of the rule?
The beacons' New Year's Eve
The thread opens with a message from Franco_Battiato claiming to have first-hand information. He links an article from El Periódico dated 30 December and a video. Forum users don't quite believe it: some were expecting a grace period, others recall that the DGT (Spain's traffic authority) had said there would be a period of leniency. But the reality is that, according to the account, the Mossos enforced the new regulation without hesitation from the very first minute.
Tax or safety?
Most comments are sceptical. "The perfect fine: the money for the Catalan treasury and the blame on Spain", sums up notengodeudas. Others see it as a disguised tax: "Higher tax pressure than Sweden and third-world salaries", writes Papo de luz. Only a few, like amarok, argue that if the rule is in force, you have to comply or pay the fine without complaining. A legal doubt also arises: can they demand the beacon at a sobriety checkpoint, when its use is intended only for breakdowns or accidents? Forum user IMPULSES raises the question, but nobody answers.
The thread closes with irony and distrust of the Catalan authorities' handling of the matter. The question left hanging: will they keep fining at every checkpoint, or was it just a show of force to start the year?
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