SPANISH DRIVERS PREFER TO DRIVE AT HOME, DESPITE RISING CONCERNS ABOUT MOTORWAY ROBBERIES
November 1st, 2008
BY PAUL RIGG
ROBBERIES, competition from immigrants and the state of the economy are the issues of most pressing concern for Spanish hauliers, according to drivers interviewed in truck stops on the outskirts of Madrid by Commercial Motor.
"I woke up with my kidneys and head hurting like I'd drunk a bottle of whisky," said Elias Calyo, 46, from Andalucia in the south of Spain. "They had taken my computer, mobile and Euros 80 cash and stripped me of my clothes so I couldn't chase after them; though it was hardly necessary as the spray they squirted ...
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