The risk of suffering heavy penalties is always around the corner. In many cases, then, you can face very high fines, without even knowing that you are actually in the wrong. But do you know that there is a rule to follow absolutely with regard to a do-it-yourself operation? Here is what you must avoid in order not to be punished with a fine even higher than 800 euros.
There are many who do not know all the rules on the Traffic Laws. In fact, they are very numerous and, in many cases, many people believe they are involuntarily right, but risk suffering heavy penalties. But what are we referring to today? Here is the specific case that we are going to describe to you.
The move that we are going to describe to you is made by many people on a daily basis, without knowing that they risk running into problems and very high fines. In fact, there are many who carry out real ones do it yourself operations to fix your car or to make it more attractive from an aesthetic point of view.
The Highway Code, however, expressly forbids being able to move freely under certain aspects. There are many, for example, a wash your car frequently. Not everyone, then, always takes advantage of the car wash service. Many people wash their cars themselves.
But did you know that in some cases and places it is strictly forbidden to wash your own car yourself? What are the reasons? Here’s everything you need to know to avoid unpleasant surprises.
Here is the do-it-yourself operation to avoid: the risk is that of suffering a very high fine
have one car always clean – both internally and externally – is very important. In addition to aesthetic factor, there are also other important aspects that recommend doing this often. we refer tohygieneespecially for interior spaces, both at safety. And in the latter case we refer more to the glass of the car, especially the windshield.
In fact, dirty windows do not allow the driver to have a correct view behind the wheel, jeopardizing personal safety and that of other people on the road. But why in some cases is it not allowed to wash your own car yourself? Here’s what you need to know.
To avoid paying for a car wash service, many people arm themselves with desire and patience for wash your own car. But in some cases and places this move is expressly prohibited by the Highway Code.
Current regulations prohibit washing your car with water and polluting detergents on the road and in places shared by other people. The Decree Law 152 of 3 April 2006, in fact, prohibits this.
L’article 15 paragraph 1 of the Highway Codealso prohibits on all roads and sidewalks, of “unload, without regular concession, materials or things of any kind into ditches and gutters, or channel water of any kind into them”. There fine can be understood between 26 and 102 euros.
If you are ‘caught’ for unloading highly polluting products in a public place, you risk being fined even more than 800 euros. In addition to the move to avoid for respect for the environment, therefore, you must also avoid this in order not to incur a very high fine.
Where is it possible to carry out the do-it-yourself washing? It will be able to be done in one private space, like the garden of your own house, provided that the discharged waters do not flow onto public land. In practice, it will be essential not to pollute the environment. Moreover, especially in the hot months, it will be essential to respect the municipal regulations regarding the consumption of water. In some cases, therefore, the do-it-yourself car wash will not even be allowed at home.
