French regulation - Gloves

[zebulon]

New law in France ;

From November 20th 2016; gloves will be obligatory for driver and pillion ; on all 2/3 wheels vehicles.


€ 68 fine for the driver and passenger
1 point on the license withdrawal

 

[MrKiwi]

personally I think this makes sense.

[SB]

personally I think this makes sense.

I completely agree and think that anyone who rides without gloves is daft but there seems to be a huge gap between the French Governments nanny state attitude and the French peoples penchant for "Civil Disobedience". Perhaps one creates the other !

Will this new law go the same way as Breathalysers, Helmet Stickers, Hi-Vis  Jackets etc.

[bogdanbc]

Let us continue on this path: Asbestos socks, armored collars, shod boots, flashing light on the helmet, Marine horn, seat belts and, of course, a speed limit of 30 km / h, and a ban on driving in the dark and in the rain and the wind stronger than 25 km / h.
And I forgot - and push bikes through crosswalks.

Maybe wheels side as in the children's bikes?

Or even tachometers, and the right to drive only 10 minutes per an hour?

[zebulon]

Yes, a lot of debates in France too; remembering when in 1975 we have helmet wear obligatory ( and seatbelt on front places in cars ....)
As remembered by Josep not far from now, who think to drive without helmet now? But I see in our meetings some drivers without gloves...
Sure police have some other thing to do then verify gloves on bikes'drivers, but a friend said recently , he got a ticket because he do not have helmet stickers ...
 

[bogdanbc]

... but a friend said recently , he got a ticket because he do not have helmet stickers ...

Of course. I forgot - and necessarily pink wheels 

[Two Plugs]

I agree with both David/Stewart, as well as Bogdan. Looking at the share number of casualties on French roads, in my modest opinion, the French Government has other, more important road safety issues to attent to than obligatore breath annalycers. It seems to me that France - more and more - is eager to phantasize laws which are in fact not contributing to roadsafety in what so ever form (breath analysers and approved gloves don't, f.e. cyclistpaths do) but an easy cashing machine to subsidize the faulthy State Ministery of Treasure....

Gilles: I really don't see the advantage of sharing every single (in explainable) French traffic Law here at this forum. If we would do so for every Nation from which we have members, we would need tripple the number of boards we are using today.

Its up to the personal responsibility of any individual visitor to understand local laws etcetera before visiting another country; we are not the ACAD, AA or ANWB.

[Snurrepus]

I don't agree with you, Bernard.
Of course I always use gloves, but I hadn't known about the breathalyzers or the reflective stickers if Gilles hadn't told us about it.
Keep warning, Gilles 

[meine dicke]

I don't agree with you, Bernard.
Of course I always use gloves, ... .
Keep warning, Gilles 

There are so much different traffic laws and regulations in different nations.
It's a good thing if the new ones get published here. And who is the best informed about these new regulations/laws? Of course our members at place.

So it makes sense to give a short info here at this forum, perhaps we should think about a new folder "New National Traffic Regulations".

Edit:
This additional folder should only be used to inform about new regulations/laws. It should not be used to discuss these regulations/laws.

Gilles, keep warning. I'm so often in France and I wanna be informed.


Greetings from the South of Germany
Rainer alias meine dicke

[zebulon]

  Thx, sure we'll continue this discution ASAP ...   

[bogdanbc]

I do not bother about information of these "ideas" (thank Giles - we have to be vigilant), but much of their "coming and the production" by the Eggheads ...

In Poland, we have (for now) only ride with lights and of course wear a helmet.
Of course the passenger and the driver can not be drunk 

[MrKiwi]

I have no problem with mandating gloves. Given the risk of injury should you come off, I'm surprised more gear is not mandated.


And I for one, like the updates to the law on this forum. Thanks zebulon.

[Two Plugs]

Guys 'n Girls, its up to you; after all, you make the forum, not the admin team! 

However... its relative easy to add another board where members could post specific 'national' road safety rules, but I doubt if any one would fill in the blancs.


There is also something called 'take your own responsibility' and get the information before travelling to your next destination.

Google is (also) your best friend! 

@Bogdan: could not agree more.

[Two Plugs]

Tataa  : http://honda-adventure-riders.com/index.php?board=58

Now its up to you. 

For the moment, only Gilles is sharing the strange-not-so-obvious rules with us (they are copied to their new destination, lol) . Haven't seen anything coming from Norway (Snurrepus, Erik, be my guest) nor Germany (Rainer, make my day), Netherlands, UK, Ireland etc...

[MrKiwi]

what a strange way to deal with this.