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Default OT - Driving In France, new law!

On 22 Jul, 13:17, Chris J Dixon wrote:
DavidM wrote:
"A new law (applicable now) means any person planning to drive in
France must carry a reflective jacket from now on. In an emergency,
the jacket must be easily accessible by the driver and must be put on
before leaving the car, day or night, regardless of visibility.
"Yep,confirmed 135 euros,i work over here in France and we were told
to get one in our cars ASAP,so we put it in the boot as is the norm we
thought,wrong,easily accesible is the wording and as such in the car
it is,most of le frogs seem to be sticking it over the passenger seat
at the moment and the Gendarmes are having a field day with Brit
tourists down here


I used to keep one visible in the car, but found the sun bleached
it, rather defeating the object.


One wonders whether it would be acceptable to have it in the boot - if
the boot can be accessed from inside the car by putting down the rear
seats.

Andrew