Technology allows us to be constantly connected with other people regardless of distance or time of day. This has helped us maintain many more relationships due to the ease of talking to them and telling them even the slightest news through social media apps. messaging like WhatsApp, Telegram or the many more that exist.
But these messages are not only to ask how another person’s day is going or to know the place and time where you are going to meet for a drink, but they are In recent years, groups of these messaging apps have become very popular to notify and alert of police presence and road controls.
To the surprise of manynotifying about the presence of a police checkpoint that is already in place is not illegal, but notifying one of one’s next location does. For this reason, especially in smaller areas, although there are also massive groups, users have groups with unknown people where they warn of their presence.
Even the Waze app, one of the most popular in the world, has a police presence notification tool. However, this is going to end very soon or at least that is what Pere Navarro, director of the DGT, assures, who during his closing speech at the IX Forum Against Road Violence has sent a message to the “smart people” ( as he has said) who are in this type of groups or who warn about alcohol testing on social networks.
As explained, the DGT is aware of this practice, but thatDue to the legal vacuum that exists on this issue, they could not do anything. But as you have anticipated, andThe legal text that prohibits this practice of notifying about controls has already been completed, which means that all that remains is to approve it to turn it into law, which would give the power to the DGT to send fines to these “snitches” of the controls.
It is not yet known about the amounts of these sanctions, but warning that the police are there by flashing the car’s lights is punishable by fines of between 100 and 200 euros, while “interfering in the operations of security agents” involves sanctions. up to 30,000 euros. We do not know what category this new regulation will fall into when it does.
This bill also comes at a controversial time after The Government has lowered the alcohol level to 0.2 grams per liter. We say that this measure has been controversial because the hospitality industry has pointed out that this tax only means having a beer, something that will surely have an impact on business.
At the moment, we also do not know if these fines are only for groups or people who warn of alcohol testing, or if they also radar warnings and other types of controls that the authorities can carry out come into play. What is clear is that if it comes into force, you better get out of that group if you don’t want a fine to hit home.
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