Be warned - A frames in Spain

[CooP]

... it is obvious Spanish Police are instructed to get money from fines and it is a shame we can't hit them where it hurts by boycotting Spain as a Holiday destination...

...or we could just study and obey the laws of the countries that we visit :wacko:

 

[El Veterano]

Why bother get a caravan if you want to tow, we recently hired a car in the Algarve for 20 euro a day, could have got one for less, hardly worth the cost and effort of towing a car all that way

I'm currently getting offers by email from a car hire company in Spain (Do You Spain Spain car hire with All Inclusive Prices, Spain car hire with 100% Peace of Mind, Car hire in Spain with No Hidden Costs!) for 'less than £3 a day' !!!! (Mind you the lady on the first page looks a bit strict and I don't think I would mess with her!)
When going regularly to my house near Lanjaron over the last 10 years, I used to reckon €10 Euros a day was good and about average for a small car.
£3 a day - times must be hard.

 

[Tbear]

You can get a lot of taxis for the price of a smart car.

 

[Touringtheworld]

Wint.

Jane and I wasn't saying it was right (god knows she had told him at least a dozen times) it was an example of how zealous the police have become in Spain.

.... Yes they are skint + motorist = good source of income

 

[Deleted member 2636]

You can get a lot of taxis for the price of a smart car.

The trouble comes when you go into a town ie Barnstaple and find there are no spaces big enough to take your Motorhome. Park with the wheel over the marked bay and you get fined; as we did.
We have a Smart for that very reason

Anyway, back on topic

It seems that the Germans do like A-Frames. We had two chaps come up to us in Le Tréport to tell us that they had seen quite a few people getting stopped this year in Germany for using A-Frames

 

[Deleted member 9237]

Wint.

Jane and I wasn't saying it was right (god knows she had told him at least a dozen times) it was an example of how zealous the police have become in Spain.

.... Yes they are skint + motorist = good source of income

Its not the police that want this it's the mob upstairs that order it, with this extra work they have put on them they are not happy. Example my son started his shift at 6am 9hour day with all the extra paper work now its turned out that it's a 10 and half hour day so good you might say all that over time. it would be if they got it but they don't, And its not just the motorist that's getting over here , and has for being skint don.t believe all you read or see on the TV,

 

[Tezza33]

...or we could just study and obey the laws of the countries that we visit :wacko:

Perhaps if you read all the thread you might see I already think like that, my view of hitting them where it hurts is not just because of A frames, Spain has never been as friendly towards us as other Countries

it is down to the fact you cannot tow a broken down car in Spain and if they don't recognise it as a trailer then we have no argument, I believe 'my Country, our rules' so have to accept it is their Country, their rules

 

[Tezza33]

It seems that the Germans do like A-Frames. We had two chaps come up to us in Le Tréport to tell us that they had seen quite a few people getting stopped this year in Germany for using A-Frames

German Police (a few others as well) do look at A frames but all they do is check that it is working as it should, I have been checked there and spoken to others who have, (spoken directly to them)I don't know anybody who has been made to unhitch
Everybody seems to have been told by somebody else that they have seen or heard something, I get told all the time when I am travelling but it is always that somebody has told them they knew somebody else etc. apart from Spain nobody who actually uses an A frame have said they experience problems

I don't mind who cannot understand why I tow a car, as long as I understand it myself that is all I need.

 

[jonkil]

Other countries require you to carry enough hi viz jackets for each passenger and have them available.

I once got told off in an aeroplane safety demonstration by a particularly jobsworth air hostess for not paying attention. When she had got her rant over I loudly demanded why she was showing what a lifejacket was for...... she attempted to explain.....
I stopped her mid way through her rant and said..... I am terribly sorry miss, but you see ... you're wrong.
I said .... "That bright yellow thing your holding only makes it easier to find bodies in the event of a crash".
The plane erupted with laughter. :cool1: