AndyGT
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| posted on 8/3/13 at 02:05 PM |
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Driving in France...
Just received some interesting news on driving in France that MAY be useful:
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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.
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Have I understood this? You have to carry a breath test kit but there is no consequenses of not doing???
nothing is impossible
everything is possible
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r1_pete
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| posted on 8/3/13 at 02:28 PM |
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Correct, it is advisable to carry one, but no fine for not doing so, I just checked with a French colleague.
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ashg
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| posted on 8/3/13 at 02:30 PM |
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having French in-laws as far as we were aware the whole thing got thrown out before christmas her step brother is a French copper so I doubt he was
wrong.
Anything With Tits or Wheels Will cost you MONEY!!
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Simon
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| posted on 8/3/13 at 11:07 PM |
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I've been teetotal for 26 years.......
ATB
Simon
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