New French Motoring Laws

[mikexgough]

Announced yesterday........ Translated via google...............for 2012


Speed

- Speeding over 50 km / h will now be legally qualified, the first offense, a misdemeanor.

- The warning radars will be banned. Signs indicating the presence of speed cameras will be removed and the installation of radar maps will not be made public.

- One thousand new radars will be deployed by the end of 2012 and next generation mobile radars will be tested this year.

- Establishment of a label "Car Safe" which will affect the level of safety equipment for vehicles (clamping engines, information on speed limits by GPS ...)

BAC

- Any BAC driving situation greater than 0.8 g / l will be punished by the withdrawal of 8 points, 6 currently cons

- The ability to perform a blood test to check the alcohol or the presence of drugs following a positive test conducted by law enforcement will be extended to nurses.

- Using a alcolock be made compulsory without delay for all transportation of people equipped with an alcolock.

Two-wheelers

- License plates for two-wheelers will be larger to make it more effective controls.

- Those that continue the use of a motorcycle after five year break will now undergo training if they do not drive a motorized two-wheelers over the past five years.

- Drivers of motorcycles and tricycles must wear a retro-reflective equipment.

Vigilance

- Phone while driving, hand held phone will be punished more severely, with a contravention of the 4th class (instead of the 2nd class) giving rise to a withdrawal of three points in the driver's license (instead of a withdrawal two points).

- The penalties for driving with a screen device in operation in the field of vision (other aid to the conduct and navigation GPS type) will be compounded: the withdrawal of three points and a fine of 1 500 euros, against 135 euro fine now and the withdrawal of two points).

- Non-compliance with bans on the stop bands and emergency routes will be severely punished neutralized (135 euro fine, withdrawal of three points).

- The bands sound banks, to prevent the driver falling asleep, be generalized on all the highways at a rate of roadworks.

[dandemann8]

Guess I won't be going to France in the near future.

[briwy]

And, they are considering banning the use of speed camera warning devices.
A similar fine of up to 1500Euro if caught.

[francophile1947]

Speed camera detectors are already illegal in France and have been for many years, even if you haven't got them turned on

[briwy]

GPS ones are currently OK in France.

Its the ones that activate by radar etc that are banned but it looks like they will go as well.

[francophile1947]

That's right, but GPS ones aren't detectors, just databases.
It should be interesting because, if you do 130kph on the motorways, you feel like you're standing still as everybody flies passed you

[briwy]

Yes, the French plods are definitely getting sneaky.

Hiding and setting up traps on small tripods that can't be seen and then chasing on motorbikes.

Not likely to matter much in Bongo on the motorways but its rural towns and villages that you could easily get caught. Middle of the night as well.

[dandemann8]

Boycott France I say, you can't trust those bloody frog's.

[Kincaid]

Using a alcolock be made compulsory without delay for all transportation of people equipped with an alcolock.

Any idea what one of these is?

[missfixit70]

Ain't google brilliant - http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.a ... rreurs.php but I'd say the name is pretty self explanatory

[francophile1947]

So it's not somewhere safe to keep your booze then

[mikexgough]

This is a better article from The Connexion http://www.connexionfrance.com/Speed-ra ... ticle.html

[briwy]

Might not happen after all.

Seems the French are going bonkers about it so no doubt they will start burning things and blockading the ports soon.

At least they will fight about it, unlike us.

[mikexgough]

Bit more about the Speed Cameras.....and yes the signs are still going...

Plus for the Le Mans folks...... the Signs are down as of next week in the Sarthe according to Ouest France and my buddy who lives in Ruaudin nr LM

[missfixit70]

If they do what they say they are, it's a bloody good idea IMO to replace the warning signs with interactive speed displays before the cameras, or am I missing something?