French motorway filtering
Discussion
A heads up for those planning on touring in France this year. From January 1st filtering on dual carriageways will become illegal with a 135 euro fine.
I have no idea if they are going to be able to enforce this with cameras, if not I imagine the French biking fraternity will either completely ignore it or, if it is, blockade all the roads until the government rescinds it.
But probably best not to filter past police vehicles until the dust settles.
I have no idea if they are going to be able to enforce this with cameras, if not I imagine the French biking fraternity will either completely ignore it or, if it is, blockade all the roads until the government rescinds it.
But probably best not to filter past police vehicles until the dust settles.
The experiment of allowing lane-splitting on French motorways and dual carriageways which is ending this month only ever applied to 21 departments.
I have Swiss- and French-registered motorbikes and frequently filter in both countries over the past few decades, with no legal consequences, and indeed rarely in the areas where the experiment was taking place.
As long as one is sensible, e.g. at appropriate speed and don’t deliberately and aggressively undertake, I can’t imagine the French plods bothering to enforce anything.
I have Swiss- and French-registered motorbikes and frequently filter in both countries over the past few decades, with no legal consequences, and indeed rarely in the areas where the experiment was taking place.
As long as one is sensible, e.g. at appropriate speed and don’t deliberately and aggressively undertake, I can’t imagine the French plods bothering to enforce anything.
As I remember, filtering in France has been illegal until the recent "experiment" that is about to come to an end. It never stopped the French filtering! Periodically there would be a bit of an enforcement clamp down that would then result in a Peripherique protest where loads of bikers would do a go slow, bringing Paris to a stop. That would then result in a "cease fire" where the police didn't enforce the law.
is it referring to
1 - filtering when the traffic has stopped or going very slow?
2 - just blasting between vehicles because they either won't go fast enough or move over etc ?
1 - they appear to be one of the very few countries where drivers actually are bike aware and move over - it would be shame of that was being prosecuted that would be a loss
2 - i followed two french bikes two back from spain this year for a while between cars and lorries and the hard shoulder etc but just lost my nerve at those speeds - if it is this its not a loss to me
1 - filtering when the traffic has stopped or going very slow?
2 - just blasting between vehicles because they either won't go fast enough or move over etc ?
1 - they appear to be one of the very few countries where drivers actually are bike aware and move over - it would be shame of that was being prosecuted that would be a loss
2 - i followed two french bikes two back from spain this year for a while between cars and lorries and the hard shoulder etc but just lost my nerve at those speeds - if it is this its not a loss to me
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