Alcohol stickers - illegal in France?
Discussion
I'm afraid i can't help you with alcohol stickers, but i do remember reading that in light of the death on the Gumball this year France was refusing access to any cars that looked like they were on a rally of some sort. This mainly includes cars with race numbers on them. Hopefully this ain't true, I'll try and find the article i read it in. I'm sure they will not mind for cars going to Le Mans. Anyone heard anything similar?
tarkatom said:
I'm afraid i can't help you with alcohol stickers, but i do remember reading that in light of the death on the Gumball this year France was refusing access to any cars that looked like they were on a rally of some sort. This mainly includes cars with race numbers on them. Hopefully this ain't true, I'll try and find the article i read it in. I'm sure they will not mind for cars going to Le Mans. Anyone heard anything similar?
, No but hope that's not true!!
magic torch said:
My old car before Le Mans last year, didn't have the actual Martini logo, but fairly close.
Reckon they're too busy lining their pockets with 'speeders' to bother about stickers.
Reckon they're too busy lining their pockets with 'speeders' to bother about stickers.
That's fine, it has to have the actual brand on it to cause problems. I remember a few years back the Martini liveried Focus WRC cars on the Monte Carlo rally had to cover over all the Martini lettering when they went into France.
If I get some Martini stickers they'll only be little and I guess I could remove them, but it might be useful for others if we can bottom out exactly what the law says.
In my opinion it's going to be technically illegal and depends on how grumpy the BiB are.
Dave200 said:
You will be fine to put them on your cars on the road. The laws are concerning TV advertising of alcohol and tobacco products (see F1 etc.), which is ironic given the French love affair with both...
It's not just TV, the same applies to billboards and other advertising media equally. Someone deciding to put Martini stickers on their car and someone being paid to put Martini stickers on their car would have the same effect on anyone who sees the car so I'm not convinced by that arguement.
Ho hum, having my car fully wrapped is out of my budget anyway, much as I'd like to have it covered in Martini livery so it's not a major problem!
jamiebae said:
Dave200 said:
You will be fine to put them on your cars on the road. The laws are concerning TV advertising of alcohol and tobacco products (see F1 etc.), which is ironic given the French love affair with both...
It's not just TV, the same applies to billboards and other advertising media equally. Someone deciding to put Martini stickers on their car and someone being paid to put Martini stickers on their car would have the same effect on anyone who sees the car so I'm not convinced by that arguement.
Ho hum, having my car fully wrapped is out of my budget anyway, much as I'd like to have it covered in Martini livery so it's not a major problem!
So surely by that logic, displaying anything associated with alcohol or tobacco anywhere would be illegal...
What about the shops, cafes and bars with he huge neon signs outside?
What about the bus shelter advertising I saw for Heineken beer when I was in Paris last weekend?
I think you may be worrying a bit unduly here...
Dave200 said:
jamiebae said:
Dave200 said:
You will be fine to put them on your cars on the road. The laws are concerning TV advertising of alcohol and tobacco products (see F1 etc.), which is ironic given the French love affair with both...
It's not just TV, the same applies to billboards and other advertising media equally. Someone deciding to put Martini stickers on their car and someone being paid to put Martini stickers on their car would have the same effect on anyone who sees the car so I'm not convinced by that arguement.
Ho hum, having my car fully wrapped is out of my budget anyway, much as I'd like to have it covered in Martini livery so it's not a major problem!
So surely by that logic, displaying anything associated with alcohol or tobacco anywhere would be illegal...
What about the shops, cafes and bars with he huge neon signs outside?
What about the bus shelter advertising I saw for Heineken beer when I was in Paris last weekend?
I think you may be worrying a bit unduly here...
It would be very dangerous for us to associate the French and logic
Martin.
Dave200 said:
jamiebae said:
Dave200 said:
You will be fine to put them on your cars on the road. The laws are concerning TV advertising of alcohol and tobacco products (see F1 etc.), which is ironic given the French love affair with both...
It's not just TV, the same applies to billboards and other advertising media equally. Someone deciding to put Martini stickers on their car and someone being paid to put Martini stickers on their car would have the same effect on anyone who sees the car so I'm not convinced by that arguement.
Ho hum, having my car fully wrapped is out of my budget anyway, much as I'd like to have it covered in Martini livery so it's not a major problem!
So surely by that logic, displaying anything associated with alcohol or tobacco anywhere would be illegal...
What about the shops, cafes and bars with he huge neon signs outside?
What about the bus shelter advertising I saw for Heineken beer when I was in Paris last weekend?
I think you may be worrying a bit unduly here...
No, the law only bans alcohol advertising when associated with driving. That means no adverts on racing cars and no posters or TV ads which might associate alcohol with a car in any way.
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