"Dave Baker" wrote in message
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"Peter Lynch" wrote in message
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This has been in force in Spain for some time. When I went over
in 2006, I just bought a cheapo one from Lidl (about £2). A lot
of drivers there keep it slung over the back of the driver's seat.
(In spain you also have to carry a "danger" triangle, by law, too)

Mine is a Class 1 lightweight sleeved vest that simply tucks into the map
pocket behind the passenger's seat.

Also as I recall in Spain if you wear glasses you have to carry a spare
pair in the car. These rules seem bloody crazy to me. How likely is it
that your glasses will break during a single car journey? Maybe it makes
more sense if you're going over there on holiday for two weeks but every
Spanish motorist having to take two pairs of specs every time they go
shopping is just lunacy. It's no doubt been very good for the Spanish
optician's industry though.

My pilot's licence requires me to carry a spare pair when flying too. I
routinely have a spare pair in the car and carry a pair (sometimes two) in
my coat, but, with my eyesight, I would need one of the spare pairs to find
the main pair if I dropped them.

Colin Bignell