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Spanish Prostitutes Must Wear Traffic Vests

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Said to create danger on public highways.

Spanish prostitutes in Catalonia have been ordered to wear reflective yellow traffic vests—a precaution, authorities say, because they pose a threat to drivers on a rural highway outside Els Alamus. Authorities are enforcing a 2004 law that requires pedestrians on highways to wear highly reflective garments. If they’re caught without the vests, they face a fine of €40 ($56). Prostitution is not illegal in Spain, but profiting from the sale of sex by another is.

Read it at The Daily Telegraph

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