Spain's revised traffic regulations took effect on Thursday. They also let motorcyclists use the hard shoulder in jams, change how drivers overtake cyclists, and set a minimum age of 15 for e-scooters.
An AMT study says the fuel levy and tolls that pay for Portugal's roads are both shrinking, as motorway concessions start to expire in 2028. Its options: distance charging for lorries and vans, congestion charges, and a levy electric cars would pay too.
ANIECA, which speaks for more than 730 schools, also attacks the new tutor route to a licence, warns that a 500 euro licence can end up costing 1,000, and says instructors wait six months for their own exam.
How to find a towed or clamped car in Portugal, what you pay to get it back, what to bring, and how long you have before it is treated as abandoned.
ANA's new car park and drop-off rules for ten Portuguese airports take effect on 25 September: 60 to 300 euros for light breaches, bans of up to a year for serious ones, and a 24-hour charge for a lost ticket.
INE's first official road-traffic series shows diesel and petrol traffic falling in 2025 while hybrids and electrics grew 39.5 percent. Its summary puts the ten-year rise at 10.2 percent; its own table says 16.3.
How to scrap a car in Portugal: find a licensed dismantler, get the certificate of destruction, keep the drop off free, and stop paying road tax.
