Overview

• Parliament enacted penalties from €350 for phone use up to €8,000 for extreme speeding with license suspensions reaching four years
• A zero-alcohol rule now covers motorcyclists, novice and professional drivers with minimum €1,000 fines and potential bans of up to ten years
• Speed limits have been set at 30 km/h on narrow streets, 50 km/h on main urban roads and raised to 140 km/h on highways
• Riders and pillion passengers face helmet fines equal to mobile-phone violations and multi-month driving suspensions for repeat offences
• Camping and overnight parking of camper vans at beaches, archaeological sites, coastal zones and forests is banned with up to €3,000 fines and possible jail for repeat violations