French Head-Phones, Smoking, Eating, & Make-up Ban

Iceweasel

Just a head-up for any head-phone wearers, smokers, sandwich-eaters or make-up appliers heading for France this summer.

As from the 28th of June there is a whole round of new penalties.

Eating a sandwich brings a penalty of €75

Applying make up (even in stationary traffic) is also €75

Loud music is €75 but headphone wearing is €135

The penalty for smoking in a car with children (defined as minors under 18) has just gone through I believe - but I've no note of the penalty yet.

Details here:

http://www.fiaregion1.com/en/fia_region_1/news/france-adopts-new-road-safety-rules.htm

DUTR

Viva la France, hurry up Goverment, you could be onto somethig by introducing similar here.

anotherbaldrick

What about eating a bowl of snails at the lights ?

AdrianC

DUTR wrote: »

Viva la France, hurry up Goverment, you could be onto somethig by introducing similar here.

Perhaps they should look at introducing a catch-all, something to get everybody who's driving without due care and attention, or driving carelessly? They could even have a similar, but more serious, second level for those driving dangerously.

Nah, it'd never work.

Strider590

DUTR wrote: »

Viva la France, hurry up Goverment, you could be onto somethig by introducing similar here.

Speed cameras are cheaper than Police officers.

pogofish

AdrianC wrote: »

Perhaps they should look at introducing a catch-all, something to get everybody who's driving without due care and attention, or driving carelessly? They could even have a similar, but more serious, second level for those driving dangerously.

Nah, it'd never work.

They already have that - the Construction and Use regs. The number of potential penalties that can be issued under that alone run into the many hundreds - I'd defy all but the most obsessively competent and skilled home mechanic to have a vehicle that's entirely free of something they could do you for!

DominicH

I think it is telling that there seems to be no French equivalent of the term "nanny state". If that's all you know, why give it a special name?

dacouch

Iceweasel wrote: »

Just a head-up for any head-phone wearers, smokers, sandwich-eaters or make-up appliers heading for France this summer.

As from the 28th of June there is a whole round of new penalties.

Eating a sandwich brings a penalty of €75

Applying make up (even in stationary traffic) is also €75

Loud music is €75 but headphone wearing is €135

The penalty for smoking in a car with children (defined as minors under 18) has just gone through I believe - but I've no note of the penalty yet.

Details here:

http://www.fiaregion1.com/en/fia_region_1/news/france-adopts-new-road-safety-rules.htm

I believe the French themselves are exempt from these offences

robbies_gal

loud music?

DominicH

dacouch wrote: »

I believe the French themselves are exempt from these offences

I don't believe so. I don't see that they would implement such rules for foreign drivers only, or that French motoring interest groups such as the ACA would be up in arms about them.

splishsplash

Seriously, what do you do to pass the time if you can't eat, put on your make-up and listen to loud music? I'd end up at most destinations starving, looking like cr*p and spiritually bereft.

I'll go along with the smoking in the presence of children though (banning it, that is).