Spain GPS use

Recently decided not to visit Barcelona because street theft & muggings are at an all time high due to the economy.

I see the government of Spain wants their cut too.

What a stupid law & transparent at that.

Fred

Wow, what crazy laws.

Fred, you should still visit Barcelona, it's beautiful and so long as you keep an eye out, you'll be fine!

I inquired of Miss POI if mine were appropriate for posting here and was told that US and Canada were the principal focus for the Factory......
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Very sad. GPS is simply a tool, and to have it villified as something so evil is crazy.

I dreamed about going to Spain. Now, not so sure any more.

Even though the principal focus of this website is North America, it doesn't hurt to keep an eye on what is happening across the pond. Things that happen there can sometimes get copied in other places and there are also users from this web site that may travel there.

i wonder what they're doing about cell phones

Radar detectors as bad as Aggravated DUI?? What on earth are they thinking?

Had my pocket picked (quite artfully) this spring on Barcelona's clean and efficient metro.

Go, but BE CAREFUL!

Cheers,

get europe

their chance to be a world power is nil at this point. Too bad, such a backward step!!

Hi everybody. I'm spanish citizen and I'm sorry to say that there is an small confusion about that law, probably coming from a poor knowledge of spanish from the guy that wrote the news.

The law explicty says in spanish:

f) Conducir utilizando manualmente dispositivos
de telefonía móvil, navegadores o cualquier otro sistema de comunicación.

and the translition should be:

f) Driving while manually managing devices such as mobile phone, GPS or any other communication device.

So you can USE a Gps or cell phone inside a car while driving, but you cannot enter data, or modify , if you need to get your hands out of the wheel to do it.

You are encouraged to avoid use of cell phones but you can use it if you have a handsfree device installed.

Hope this clarify the matter.

Come to Spain and bring your GPS device with you.

Pick pockets is a problem in big major cities in Europe. That's where the tourists are.
You to always be on guard.

What POI's do you have for Spain? We are going for a week in Portugal and two weeks in Sain.
JJHosking