Particularly affected are motorists: no use of telephones including headphones or bluetooth devices; no smoking in cars with children; stricter alcohol limits for young drivers; more speed cameras.
But also smoking restrictions in bars and restaurants; requirement to fit smoke alarms in our homes; swimming pool safety measures; more surveillance cameras; no parking on pedestrian crossings....
Many of the regulations are there for our own safety or that of others around us and probably we all complain about things that irk us but also about the need for "something to be done" about happenings that unnecessarily put people at risk.
Police near Toulouse on Saturday stopped a car doing 180 kph in a 110 zone. The driver had no licence, but he was only 16 and had taken the family car without permission. He joins Marine le Pen on being banned for "excess de vitesse"; the FN leader has now lost all her points, claiming that the speed cameras are only there to collect revenue, not prevent speeding through potential danger spots. Another unwarranted restriction of liberty no doubt.
Dear Val
having just got my latest fine for a minor speeding offence - Ross and I both seem to collect one just after the last one has expired - I suspose I should join the le Pen bregade. However Britain has managed to keep its deaths on the road static, inspite of the exponential increase in number of cars, since the driving test was bought in, in the 1920s. The increase in road deaths was the reason the driving test was introduced.
Inspite of all the additional steps that France introduced, its death on the roads level increases year on year. Personally I dont think its the roadside trees or too much drinking but under-investment in country roads which are far too narrow and where cars can hardlymanage alone, let alone pass another car going at any speed.
Ginny
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