Last summer the demand for motorhomes due to the restrictions due to the pandemic and the fact that it provides mobility and residence with a safe distance in small coexistence nuclei. Factors that, with thousands of Spaniards taking to the roads. However, one of the issues where more care must be taken when driving is the different fines that this type of vehicle can receive, the most common being for not knowing how to differentiate between spending the night or camping.
The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) always highlights speeding as . A fact that also affects motorhomes, because, like a normal car, they can reach the same limits, reserving only the lowest speeds for non-approved campervans (90 km/h on motorways and 80 km/h in conventional ones) and mixed vehicles ( 100 and 90 km/h, respectively).
Failure to comply with this regulation, therefore, has the same maximum limits for motorhomes as for a personal car. With fines of between 100 and 600 euros, depending on the offense, the withdrawal of points from the card is contemplated from none to six, depending on the limit exceeded and with what difference.
How should you park a motorhome?
But in addition, motorhomes must pay special attention to municipal regulations on how parking affects them. As a general rule, always parked without any of the parts of the vehicle protruding, the penalties for breaching these space limits are between 30 and 150 euros, depending on the severity.
A fact that may go unnoticed by beginners with these vehicles as well as the difference between the concepts ‘overnight’ and ‘camp’. Two words that must be very clear when spending a night in a motorhome, because while the first is allowed, the second is a punishable offense in almost all corners of Spain.
Camping in a non-enabled area can result in a fine of up to 6,000 euros
An overnight stay is considered to be sleeping inside the motorhome in any place where it is well parked without hindering circulation. In addition, it will not be possible to have garbage, tables or chairs or an unfolded awning outside the vehicle, since it is considered camping.
Something that is sanctioned with up to 6,000 euros by most municipalities, depending on the elements that are outside the mobile and if fires or barbecues are made. Two tasks that, like camping itself, must be done in spaces provided for it (the demand for campsites grew in 2020 in Spain by more than 2.5%).
For its part, failure to respect protected areas such as beaches or natural parks is also sanctioned. With 40 euros for each square meter occupied incorrectly on the beach, in addition to another possible 150 euros for parking incorrectly, fines in a natural park can reach up to 5,000 euros for generating waste, camping illegally or lighting fires.
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