spanish motorways
There is an article in today's Daily Mail reporting that the number of theft/muggings from vehicles on the AP7 between Barcelona and Alicante is on the increase.The targets are mainly British reg.cars and tourist rentals using the service areas.I wonder if this is also happening to bikes and their riders.
Hi Jezz,
You do not have to do anything different as if you were in UK, France, Italy or any other country around. Be vigilant.
AP 7 it's been for ages a difficult place, mainly for cars.
Please check this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEs7_HSIADs
This is called the peruvian method.
The most involved nationalities in this kind of acts are peruvians (most of them on jail now), serbians, albanians, russians and of course spaniards (no info about african immigrants). The problem every summer have are the replicants trying to do the same bad acts.
I have checked with the Guardia Civil and after some calls they told me no motorcycles have been involved this summer, but they told me to be careful as usual.
We do not have information right now about increased numbers of thefts(due to unemployment percentages). I am just back from Turkey and as you can imagine I drove trough Greece where the situation is a little worst than in Spain and the only thing I have found were extremely good people always ready to help.
If you need any information about anything in Spain, please do not hesitate to ask me.
This is not the perfect country but it is as safe as it was ten years ago.
J