New Rules For Driving In France - Get Ordering Your Kit Now

[ijm]

With many PH'ers nipping across the channel on a regular basis I thought I'd best bring this to your attention:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18662555

Yep, in 4 months time you'll have to carry your own breathalyser kit in the car or face an on-the-spot fine. And they will (according to that article) be targeting the Channel ports with random checks.

I wonder how long before that requirement applies in the UK?

[danjama]

Lets hope we get that EU referendum that they were bleeting about over the weekend, and quick!

[Prof Prolapse]

fk me an 11 Euro fine?

I'll take my chances.

[ijm]

Prof Prolapse said:

fk me an 11 Euro fine?

I'll take my chances.

Fair point but its sure to rise and you can bet your life that when it does go to (say) 100 Euros you wont be aware of the rise as it wont make the news over here.

[Prof Prolapse]

The Crack Fox said:

Prof Prolapse said:

fk me an 11 Euro fine?

I'll take my chances.

If that's right, the fine is cheaper than the kit, and not worth bothering with.... unless they stop you at the roadside until you can produce one, in which case you're in for a long walk and/or an impounded car. Anyone know the exact rules on this ?

I agree it would be clever to check the finer points before not bothering.

It would seem unlikely though that they're going to tow every single vehicle that doesn't have one.

I mean this is France FFS. The land of the protest!

[Prof Prolapse]

ijm said:

Prof Prolapse said:

fk me an 11 Euro fine?

I'll take my chances.

Fair point but its sure to rise and you can bet your life that when it does go to (say) 100 Euros you wont be aware of the rise as it wont make the news over here.

Just like we won't be aware of the breathlyser requirement you mean?

[ijm]

Prof Prolapse said:

ijm said:

Prof Prolapse said:

fk me an 11 Euro fine?

I'll take my chances.

Fair point but its sure to rise and you can bet your life that when it does go to (say) 100 Euros you wont be aware of the rise as it wont make the news over here.

Just like we won't be aware of the breathlyser requirement you mean?

...but thats a NEW requirement so makes headlines.

[Prof Prolapse]

ijm said:

Prof Prolapse said:

ijm said:

Prof Prolapse said:

fk me an 11 Euro fine?

I'll take my chances.

Fair point but its sure to rise and you can bet your life that when it does go to (say) 100 Euros you wont be aware of the rise as it wont make the news over here.

Just like we won't be aware of the breathlyser requirement you mean?

...but thats a NEW requirement so makes headlines.

Are you Rupert Murdoch?

ETA: Sorry it's just banter. I do get your point.

[ijm]

The one-shot kits are pretty cheap:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/FRENCH-APPROVED-BREATHALYZ...


The re-usable ones not so:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/French-Breathalyzer-Certif...

[GadgeS3C]

Cheaper in Halfords!

[frosted]

Came back from France Sunday and I can confirm I drove at 130kmh (80mph) all 400 odd miles and only saw one police car and the breathliser thing was £3,99 on the ferry

[furtive]

Why can't Le Fuzz Francais just carry an electronic one like our Bobbies do?

Oh, it's because..

oooh la la said:

... it has emerged that the chief of the road safety group that persuaded Nicolas Sarkozy’s government to adopt the ruling is also a senior executive with the leading manufacturer of the blow-in-the-bag the kits.

...the president of the anti-drink driving lobby group I-Test, works for Contralco, the leading manufacturer of the equipment. I-Test was formed just eight months before Sarkozy’s government adopted the new law in March last year.

Contralco, one of only two companies who produce a test-kit of the required standard, was reportedly in financial difficulties until the law was approved. But since then it has taken on over 100 staff, thanks in no small part to a demand for five million test kits a month."

[Garlick]

PH article here chaps. along with a lengthy discussion

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...