If you touch this button, you will get an incredible fine: almost no one knows about it.
There are many behaviors that can cause a financial penalty also very consistent. The best known are those linked to incorrect actions such as, for example, parking illegally, exceeding speed limits or overtaking in areas where this is prohibited. In reality, however, even when you are stationary you can make an error prohibited by the Highway Code.
Lately, the rules of the Highway Code have been revised so that they are more in line with today’s and everyday reality. On the one hand, sanctions have been tightened for certain behaviors such as, for example, driving while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs. On the other hand, however, some have been lightened: if you receive multiple fines for speeding recorded by a velox all referring to the same stretch of road and to a one hour period of timeyou will have to pay only the highest but increased by a third.
Today we are talking to you about a behavior that, if implemented, can cause a very high fine. Everyone does it and no one knows that it is expressly prohibited by the Highway Code, but from today forget it!
Don’t turn it on when you’re in the car, they’ll fine you
We are at the gates of summer and, although in many areas of Italy it has been raining non-stop for weeks now, in fact the heat is already making its presence felt. Indispensable at home, in the office and even in the car it becomes air conditioningwhich allows you to lower the internal temperatures a little and therefore breathe without getting too tired.
If you turn it on while traveling, therefore on the move, it is completely legal and in fact it is recommended especially on hot summer days, when you are parked it is not possible to turn it on at all. So forget about parking in the cool: when the car stops, the air must be turned off.
Here’s what you risk
Article 157 of the Highway Code prohibits the turning on of the air conditioning system while the vehicle is parked, which also specifies that the fine you risk if you violate this rule is it ranges from 223 to 444 euros. Furthermore, this ban derives from a European directive implemented by the Italian Highway Code: although it initially provided for a fine from 41 to 168 euros, the sum was later raised due to the worsening of the rate of environmental pollution.
The same rule is also present in France and Spain and it cannot be ruled out that it may also be valid in other countries of the European Union, as it is a regulation that comes from above: the common objective is to reduce unnecessary polluting emissions.
