[simoncharles]

I have done it in a day, two up, no probs, stopping on the way to see some sights.

Spent the night in Agen, past Toulouse, so you should have no problem at all.

Great motorway, most of which, if I remember correctly, is free of charge..

 

[simoncharles]

I thought the breathalyser only applied to four wheeled vehicles.

Also, how can they LEGALLY enforce a FOREIGN vehicle owner to have a GPS that complies with the French law ?.

Aren´t we in the COMMON market ?.

 

[simoncharles]

I have done it in a day, two up, no probs, stopping on the way to see some sights.

Spent the night in Agen, past Toulouse, so you should have no problem at all.

Great motorway, most of which, if I remember correctly, is free of charge..

I must correct myself. I did stop at Agen, but it is after Bordeaux, not Toulouse. I took the Rennes, Nantes, La Rochelle ( Atlantic Coast ) route passing by Lorient which is not on the main route.

 

[simoncharles]

That´s interesting but is obviously written for car and heavy goods vehicles, not for bikes, although I am not suggesting that the same thing doesn´t apply to us.

Two things. If France succeed in making it work, it won´t be long before countries like Spain, Portugal, Italy and probably Holland, Belgium and Denmark do the same. I have my doubts about Germany.

Secondly, I would like to see them enforce this law in court against a foreign vehicle owner who could be spending less than 24 hrs in the country.

In the end I suppose we will have to go back ( I have never stopped ) to using maps again, pinpointing the known radars on them before we leave for France.

I thought travelling was supposed to be fun !

 

[simoncharles]

Same applies to trucks.

In my youth I used to drive HGV articulated trucks around Europe. Time upon time I would be passed by expensive sports cars and then, about three hours later, the same one would pass me again. This sometimes occured 3 or 4 times in a day.

I only used to stop to refuel, a quick sandwich and the on again. This, obviously, was before there were driving time limits imposed on foreign truckers.

My best day was when I crossed the Spanish French border just after dawn and arrived in Le Havre in the evening to catch the night ferry to Blighty.