Week 45 Traffic Fines

- November 17, 2024

Week 45

These are the latest Traffic fines

I wondered how they compare...

Driving with your phone in your hand: €430
A phone holder will quickly pay for itself.
Tailgating: from €380 , up to €900 (depending on distance and speed)
Unnecessary driving on the left on a highway or motorway: €280
Incorrect overtaking (e.g. overtaking on the right): €310
Failure to give right of way: €310
Causing unnecessary noise (such as honking): €310
Ignore red cross: €280
Turning without indicating: €120
Ignoring overtaking ban (traffic sign): €310
Driving on a footpath: €190
Driving through a red light: €310
Stopping on the emergency lane or emergency lane without necessity: €310
Standing still on a footpath: €120
Blocking an intersection: €310
Leaving a vehicle in such a way that it could cause danger or nuisance: €190
Not wearing a seat belt: €190
Transporting children (under 12 years and shorter than 1.35 meters) without a child seat: €280
Want to know more about the rules? Check our car seats page.
Cutting through a military column or funeral procession: €120
Not giving passengers who want to get on or off a tram/bus the opportunity to do so: €310

Around the farm

We're still working on Apartment 3 - one of our existing residents is going to move in when it is finished. She's a young student, studying in Leeuwarden - I rarely see her as she is gone early and home late.

Aha! Roofing battens!

...to make the framework

for the breathable blue plastic

Then (leftover) polystyrene foam as insulation - this is an interior wall so we thought it better to use up the old stuff - as it didn't have to be as thick as the exterior walls.

Then the non-breathable yellow plastic

Then the OSB (oriented strand board) as backing for the plaster sheets

These are meant to be for ceilings - but they are a handy size for doing the walls.

On Saturday, I did the painting - now we just have to install a heating radiator, power points and the cornices and skirting boards. Should be finished this week :-)

The day activity people have been busy assembling and packaging the various Church groups' Christmas Gifts - about 450 in total...I think we're all glad that are finally out the door!

Almost every day I get mesmerised by the birds flying overhead. Sometimes I can fumble my phone in time...

The formation always gets me - who decides? is there a pecking order? They stay overnight on the pools opposite our place - who gives the order to "take off"? Sometimes there are two or three stragglers usually squawking as if to say "wait for me" - rather whimsical, but they are a delight to see...