Many people consider that there is a percentage of traffic fines that exist only to rake in funds, and after this incident, who could disagree with them?

A family received a speeding fine, accompanied by a speed-camera image of their car: the speed limit was 70 and the car was moving at 83 kph. Open and shut case? No, because the car was on the back of a breakdown lorry at the time…

Now, this took place in Cataluña and the tow truck had Andorra plates, so it looks like as they couldn’t fine the real culprit, they decided to fine the only Spanish number plate in the speed-camera photo.

Naturally, the family has lodged an appeal against the fine.

Editorial comment: if the Regional Government insists on receiving the sum of the fine, perhaps it should be charged to the person who wrote it out?

(News: Catalunya, Spain)