Driving using the window frame as an armrest This is a fairly common action, and even more so in the summer months. Some drivers choose to turn on the air conditioning, but others choose to enjoy the fresh air outside. For many, this is not enough, and they stick their arm out.
Putting your arm out of the window or driving with your limb resting on the window frame does not constitute an offence for the DGT.in fact, the General Traffic Regulations do not prohibit this type of behaviour behind the wheel. However, a traffic officer may consider that With our stance we are endangering road safety, so then we could be fined.
He Article 18.1 of the General Traffic Regulations contemplates that The driver of a vehicle is obliged to maintain his own freedom of movementthe necessary field of vision and constant attention to driving to ensure their own safety, that of the other occupants of the vehicle and that of other users from you
Furthermore, it is added in this article that the driver You must take special care to maintain the proper position and that the rest of the passengers maintain it, and the proper placement of the objects or animals transported so that there is no interference between the driver and any of them, so that traffic agents could base themselves on this article and consider that By keeping our arm out the window we are endangering road safety. and therefore we could be fined.
Fines are usually motivated by other actions
We can conclude, as a summary, that, although The General Traffic Regulations do not expressly state that having your elbow resting on the window constitutes an infraction.traffic agents They may consider that our position endangers road safety. Normally, This type of fine is usually imposed for some reckless action or behavior, since it is not common for officers to fine us just for having our elbow resting on the window.
Just like when We drive in flip flops, eating or shirtlessthis type of behavior is not prohibited in the Traffic Regulations, and It will be the agents who determine whether they constitute a danger to road safety.l. In any case, if they were to fine us, it would amount to 80 euros.
