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Mike Fishwick
Forum Member Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 2742 |
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Posted: 25 Mar 2017 at 12:00pm |
With effect from this month, the French will treat anyone without a French driving licence (ie tourists) as if they were French. This means that in the event of an infraction which would normally result in a loss of driving licence points (we have 12, and they are reduced after offending) a database will record their details, and be interrogated after any future offence.
Tourists will therefore start off with a nominal 12 points in the database, which will be reduced for every offence. When the database points have been reduced to zero one's right to drive in France will be cancelled, your licence taken away, and your car impounded, as driving in France without an actual licence is forbidden. This means that all those who cruise at high speeds on autoroutes or park illegally etc will no longer be able to ignore French law, and may even have to find their own way home. This is aimed at the worst offenders - the British, Swiss and Italians, who for years have imagined that French laws do not count. In practice most Gendarmes are pretty easy-going, but the lunatic fringe should beware, particularly after events such as le Mans! |
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