Re: Driving in France - Definitive List of Requirements
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:31 am
Any specifics for Spain & Portugal in addition to France? And can anyone confirm that the breathalyser thing is dead in the water.
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So you have to carry a kit, but now there is no fine if you don't!France drops breath test fines
March 04, 2013
France has finally dropped plans to fine motorists who do not have a breath test kit in their vehicles – but has left in place the law obliging them to carry the kits.
Under the law introduced by the Sarkozy government last year, drivers and motorcyclists faced an €11 fine for not carrying a breath test kit. The law was due to come into full force on July 1, 2012 but the imposition of fines was delayed until November due to the shortage of kits.
This November date was then further extended to March 1 and French manufacturer, Contralco, said it had taken on 160 extra staff to try to meet demand.
However, new Interior Minister Manuel Valls had indicated he was sceptical of the value of the kits and asked the Conseil National de la Sécurité Routière to have another look at the plan.
The CNSR said on February 13 that it recommended the carrying of a breath test in vehicles but in a decree published on Friday in the Journal Officiel the government annulled the sanction of the €11 fine.
- See more at: http://www.connexionfrance.com/news_art ... Lo13Z.dpuf
I put this together over 3 years ago for Spain, maybe some things have changed since then http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... 13#p420113Muzorewa wrote:Any specifics for Spain & Portugal in addition to France? And can anyone confirm that the breathalyser thing is dead in the water.
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See what you mean about the tolls. You've probably already found https://www.ctt.pt/fectt/export/sites/d ... da_eng.pdf. I'm not sure that that their English makes it any clearer!Muzorewa wrote:Thanks. In Portugal, there's talk that you can't carry bikes on the back of cars, whether "cars" includes campervans is another thing. And their toll roads appear to be very user-unfriendly, no cash only vignettes and card payment in advance - but what if you're not too sure where and when you're travelling?
Hey amigo, if you need any tips for that, let me know but in the meantime whet your appetite with this... http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... 37&t=67347BongoGog wrote:Thanks again, here's to next venture Espana!