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REGULATIONS * Europe - Wants trucker fines harmonised
Fines for exceeding the daily driving time by more than two hours are currently ten times higher in Spain (€4,600) than in Greece (€400)
Brussels,Belgium -HGV (UK)-June 3, 2010: -- Lorry drivers who break rules on working time, rest periods or working conditions should pay clear and comparable penalties across the EU, according to the European Parliament... A resolution adopted by Parliament on Tuesday criticises wide disparities in EU Member States’ fines for similar offences and calls for closer harmonisation and co-ordination of penalties, in the interests of road safety and fair competition... The methods used to determine the gravity of an offence also vary among Member States. For example, Belgium takes both daily driving time and total uninterrupted driving time into account but others do not, and some Member States treat holding more than one valid driver’s card as a minor offence, even though it is defined as a “very serious” one by EU legislation... (Picture by John Stillwell/PA from static.guim.co.uk: A line of lorries on the A40 in Paddington, west London, during their protest against rising tax on fuel)
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