The police in Spain have warned that they will now strictly enforce these sanctions, and the same is expected in France.
If you give away the location of a police post or roadblock to other drivers, you can be fined up to… 30,000 euros. It sounds absurd, but a sanction of similar proportions is a fact in several European countries, including France, and the Spanish police last week confirmed their intention to strictly enforce it.
In some countries, such as Bulgaria, warning fellow drivers about traffic police posts or hidden radars is not expressly prohibited by the Road Traffic Act. But the practice of friendly initiation in such cases seems to be no longer as popular as in the past. More and more drivers are using the warning feature of navigation apps like Waze.
In Spain, Germany and France, however, lighting is strictly prohibited. The Spanish Highway Code punishes it with a fine between 100 and 200 euros in principle. And if a driver gives away the location of a police post on social media or otherwise, it carries with it a fine of between €601 and €30,000 under the country’s internal order law. The Spanish police specified that the sanctions will be applied strictly in the future.
Their amount depends on the situation: a simple warning about the presence of policemen on the road will carry a relatively small fine. The maximum amount applies when a police alcohol and drugs check or a special police search operation is revealed. If in such cases the driver also uploads a photo to the police station, this can lead to the deprivation of a license for a period of up to 2 years.
