Cycling in France- advice on law

Hi,

Does anyone know the law wrt the wearing of helmets in France. I don't think that they are
compulsory, but can anyone confirm this?

Thanks.

Peter

"al_Mossah" <peterkmossnospam@nospambtopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know the law wrt the wearing of helmets in France. I don't think that they are
> compulsory, but can anyone confirm this?

If they are compulsory then no-one in France pays any attention to that law.

! ! ! !

On Tue, 06 May 2003 15:45:05 +0000, al_Mossah wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know the law wrt the wearing of helmets in France. I don't think that they are
> compulsory, but can anyone confirm this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Peter

They are not, although they might become so. There is a law proposal asking for that, and a big
debate on fr.misc.transport.velo.

jacques <jamnospam@bluewin.ch> wrote in message newsan.2003.05.06.17.06.43.597040@bluewin.ch...
> On Tue, 06 May 2003 15:45:05 +0000, al_Mossah wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone know the law wrt the wearing of helmets in France. I don't think that they are
> > compulsory, but can anyone confirm this?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Peter

Nope, it's up to you.

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"al_Mossah" <peterkmossnospam@nospambtopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know the law wrt the wearing of helmets in France. I don't think that they are
> compulsory, but can anyone confirm this?

I don't know about the law, just wear one! (OK, I'm biased, several -57 reg'd "Frontaliers" tried to
kill me this morning - as usual).

al_Mossah <peterkmossnospam@nospambtopenworld.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know the law wrt the wearing of helmets in France. I don't think that they are
> compulsory, but can anyone confirm this?
>

"compulsory"?

In France?

Is anything?

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I believe that smoking is. Anything else?

"marc" <marc@jaceeprint.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> al_Mossah <peterkmossnospam@nospambtopenworld.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone know the law wrt the wearing of helmets in France. I don't think that they are
> > compulsory, but can anyone confirm this?
> >
>
> "compulsory"?
>
> In France?
>
> Is anything?
>
> --
> Marc Tabards, banners and signs for fundraising events and charities
> http://www.jaceeprint.demon.co.uk/

On Wed, 7 May 2003 15:28:14 +0000 (UTC), al_Mossah <peterkmossnospam@nospambtopenworld.com> wrote:
> "marc" <marc@jaceeprint.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1ful7ro.hko0t91dasfjvN%marc@jaceeprint.demon.co.uk...
>> al_Mossah <peterkmossnospam@nospambtopenworld.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Does anyone know the law wrt the wearing of helmets in France. I don't think that they are
>> > compulsory, but can anyone confirm this?
>> >
>>
>> "compulsory"?
>>
>> In France?
>>
>> Is anything?
>>
>> --
>> Marc Tabards, banners and signs for fundraising events and charities
>> http://www.jaceeprint.demon.co.uk/
>
> I believe that smoking is. Anything else?
>
Reformatted: Please don't top-post.

On the local train service from Avignon to Nimes a couple of weeks ago there were only about three
people in the smoking carriage while the non-smoking carriage was full.

Regards,

Tim.

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Tim news001@locofungus.org wrote: ( al_Mossah <peterkmossnospam@nospambtopenworld.com> wrote: ) > I
believe that smoking is. Anything else? ( ) On the local train service from Avignon to Nimes a
couple of weeks ago ( there were only about three people in the smoking carriage while the )
non-smoking carriage was full.

These are not in conflict: the majority of smokers seem to prefer not to be kippered in a smoking
car, but to inhabit seats in the breathable cars, bring lungfuls of the stuff back with them from
their visits to the gasper. The second best thing Chris Green ever did to the West Coast Main Line
was to make Virgin trains breathable throughout.

"al_Mossah" <peterkmossnospam@nospambtopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know the law wrt the wearing of helmets in France. I don't think that they are
> compulsory, but can anyone confirm this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Peter
>
No they are not compulsory. I live here.

On Wed, 7 May 2003 15:57:06 +0000 (UTC), Geraint Jones
<Geraint.Jones@wolfson.oxford.ac-spam.uk> wrote:
> Tim news001@locofungus.org wrote: ( al_Mossah <peterkmossnospam@nospambtopenworld.com> wrote: ) >
> I believe that smoking is. Anything else? ( ) On the local train service from Avignon to Nimes a
> couple of weeks ago ( there were only about three people in the smoking carriage while the )
> non-smoking carriage was full.
>
> These are not in conflict: the majority of smokers seem to prefer not to be kippered in a smoking
> car, but to inhabit seats in the breathable cars, bring lungfuls of the stuff back with them from
> their visits to the gasper. The second best thing Chris Green ever did to the West Coast Main Line
> was to make Virgin trains breathable throughout.

This may be true in general but certainly wasn't true for this train in particular which had no
connecting door between the carriages. (It was noticable that the guard was checking the tickets
before the train left the station :-)

Regards,

Tim.

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On Wed, 7 May 2003 18:52:15 +0200, Ric wrote:
> I live here.

I live here too. In fact, I am always here. Even whem I'm there, I'm here.

> > >
> >
> > "compulsory"?
> >
> > In France?
> >
> > Is anything?
> >
> > -Long lunches long holidays Cliff

"Ric" <spam@off.com> wrote in message news:b9bdjv$405$1@news-reader13.wanadoo.fr...
>
> "al_Mossah" <peterkmossnospam@nospambtopenworld.com> wrote in message
> news:b98la1$99n$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone know the law wrt the wearing of helmets in France. I don't think that they are
> > compulsory, but can anyone confirm this?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> No they are not compulsory. I live here.

Ask a French person whether spare bulbs in cars, safety triangles and first aid kits are compulsory.

I'd imagine its only daft English tourists who would make an effort to carry them all.