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I saw loads of them hiding behind trees and signs on the exits to the motorway aires last week.
They didn't stop me thankfully as I didn't have my breathaliser kit, wasn't displaying GB plates, hadn't altered my headlights and didn't have any reflective vest or warning triangle.
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You don't need a Breathaliser kit or or a GB plate if you have uk on your no plate...BUSBY.
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Agreed, it is a bit silly not to carry these items, OK they may well serve no purpose, but it is the law. I believe I picked up all of the above for around £15 from Halfords. Not a breath test kit, these are no longer mandatory, the lobbyist (who probably owned shares in a breath test kit company) failed to get the law to stick.I don't want to sound like a killjoy or jobsworthy but why haven't you got a High viz jacket/s and warning triangle in the vehicle?
Which ever country you're in it makes sense to have them and is definitely illegal in France not to have them and the fines are between €90 and €135.
But other than that, you were strictly legal.I saw loads of them hiding behind trees and signs on the exits to the motorway aires last week.
They didn't stop me thankfully as I didn't have my breathaliser kit, wasn't displaying GB plates, hadn't altered my headlights and didn't have any reflective vest or warning triangle.
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I don't recognise French law.
That's the simple answer.
I do though have high viz vests and triangle in the van.
Didn't phrase that very well.
What I meant to say was I don't recognise the authority of the French authorities to impose rules on me.
I know they have that authority and I would get fined if caught but its just my little pathetic protest.
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Your Tomtom mustn't bleep anyway, it's an offence for a satnav device to warn of speed traps in France.One of their favourites in France is, particularly on autoroutes, where the limit comes down to 90kph - often as you come to a viaduct or roadworks - and only a matter of yards inside that sign they will be hiding with the old hair-dryer in their hand.
It's very easy to miss those sudden drops as you simply aren't expecting them and concentration is a little lax when it's a long dual carriageway run.
And, of course, as they are not fixed traps then TomTom doesn't bleep for them.
TomTom updated their software, when approaching a speed trap, it now warns of an accident blackspot, which is of course perfectly legal!Your Tomtom mustn't bleep anyway, it's an offence for a satnav device to warn of speed traps in France.
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That's right, I think you have to activate it as a warning sound in settings.TomTom updated their software, when approaching a speed trap, it now warns of an accident blackspot, which is of course perfectly legal!
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And I wonder how many of those old French boys and girls in the rusty old Renaults and Citroens done for not having high vis, spare bulbs, warning triangles etc.
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Got to say we have an old citroen estate 328000 kms still going well rattles alot and been stopped 5 or 6 six times for random breath tests at all sorts of times of the day but never had a check for other items aboard ... don't think they do really unless you break down at the side of the road and don't have the triangle and high vis then BINGO. Generally Gendarmes don't seem to sit in laybys waiting for cars to pass by as in the UK .... there aren't THAT many of them reallyAnd I wonder how many of those old French boys and girls in the rusty old Renaults and Citroens done for not having high vis, spare bulbs, warning triangles etc.
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I don't know anyone who's been done for that. .. know a few who have been caught speeding though. It's a calculated risk.. can't complain if you get caught.. (they all thought that way too)And I wonder how many of those old French boys and girls in the rusty old Renaults and Citroens done for not having high vis, spare bulbs, warning triangles etc.
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I saw loads of them hiding behind trees and signs on the exits to the motorway aires last week.
They didn't stop me thankfully as I didn't have my breathaliser kit, wasn't displaying GB plates, hadn't altered my headlights and didn't have any reflective vest or warning triangle.
Their laws are not personal to you, as in imposed on you, they are imposed on everyone in the country whether French or not as out laws are imposed on everyone in this country whether British or not (except Scotland that has variations). Mind you, it does appear that our guests get away with breaking laws we wouldn't.Didn't phrase that very well.
What I meant to say was I don't recognise the authority of the French authorities to impose rules on me.
I know they have that authority and I would get fined if caught but its just my little pathetic protest.
Their laws are not personal to you, as in imposed on you, they are imposed on everyone in the country whether French or not as out laws are imposed on everyone in this country whether British or not (except Scotland that has variations). Mind you, it does appear that our guests get away with breaking laws we wouldn't.
Why, if you visit France or any other country for that matter, not comply with their laws? I always thought that funsters were law abiding and trying to promote good conduct in whichever country they are in.
As a professional driver, I'm more than happy to comply with laws in whichever country I'm in. My licence is my livelihood and its clean and I drive around 70,000 miles a year in my job.
Why not stick to our laws not the French laws and drive on the British side instead of the French way?
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