Fight against motorized rodeos: reminder of the penalties provided for

The penalties are as follows:

• 1 year imprisonment and €15,000 fines for intentionally repeating maneuvers by means of a motor vehicle which constitute breaches of safety or prudence obligations laid down by the highway code, in conditions which jeopardize the safety of road users or disturb public tranquility;
• 2 years imprisonment and €30,000 fines where such acts are committed in a meeting;
• 3 years imprisonment and €45,000 fines where the driver is in one of the three cases:
  
  • under the influence of alcohol or has refused to submit to the checks provided for in order to establish this;
  • under the influence of narcotic drugs or refused to submit to the checks;
  • does not hold a driving license or that his license has been canceled, invalidated, suspended or withheld.
• 5 years imprisonment and €75,000 a fine in the case of a combination of at least two of the above circumstances.

The law also criminalizes the incitement, promotion or organization of motorized rodeos, which can be punished by two years in prison and €30,000 of fine.

Additional penalties are also provided for:

• confiscation of vehicles;
• suspension for up to 3 years or cancelation of the driving license;
• a penalty of general interest work or of fine-days (the amount of which is the result of the judge fixing a daily sum to be paid to the Treasury for a certain number of days);
• obligation to complete a road safety awareness course;
• immobilization of the vehicle (leaving the vehicle in place or close to the place where the offense was established).