Motoring holidays are now in full swing. The phenomenon happens every year all across the world. We pack the family in the car and we get away from the familar sights. In doing so we raise the risk level that we will survive our fun. It takes a highly motivated driver to keep his or her eyes on the road, not allowing ourselves to be distracted by anything. The discipline required is so high as to be beyond the capability of most ordinary humans. Therefore, it is really no surprise that so many highway deaths occur in this manner.
For those who do survive the ultimate sanction of driving on holiday, there are other penalties especially when driving throughout Europe. Because the police have to make a living too, a foreign-plated car is fair game. If we confront them with this fact of life they will, no doubt be prepared to swear on a stack on bibles that it is not correct to say that they pounce on every error of the foreign driver, but the truth is that drivers, as a class, are soft targets.
Hire cars and foreign-plated ones are a magnet. Thieves are waiting for you, as are the police. One illegally takes your possessions and the other has the cover of the law. One way or the other you will give up your valuables. In this, not much has changed over the years. The highwayman still awaits.
Now, to ensure that drivers pay the fines against them, Europe has made it possible that whereever you live, when you pick up a fine in one country and return home, the fine follows you and is enforced by the police in your own country. No longer can you simply ignore that parking fine, or the fine for speeding.
It seems that there is only one sensible thing to do. When planning your trip, perhaps you should add another line to your budget called: "Fines." A generous figure should go here, but then try your very best to avoid spending any part of it.
Happy and safe motoring!
Copyright (c) 2015 Eugene Carmichael
REMEMBER TO REST FREQUENTLY. SHOULD YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE YOU ARE TIRED YOU WILL LIKELY NEVER OPEN THEM AGAIN!!!!!!
