Are bikers being targeted by the French police?
An interesting article about motorcycling in France by The Telegraph columnist Kevin Ash. He says that, while France used to be a rider’s playground thanks to a combination of few traffic police, lax regulations, empty roads, great food and wine, fabulous scenery and glorious weather, it seems to have changed a lot these days, especially from the seat of a motorcycle.
Full-throttle romps and wild stories have been replaced with bewildering, bike-specific regulations policed by a force which appears determined to squeeze cash out of riders generally, and pounds out of the British, in particular, according to the author.
You can read the entire article here, and let us know what you think.
Tags: bikers, COLUMNIST, France, Illegal, KEVIN ASH, law, legal, motorcyclists, police, THE TELEGRAPH
Hey guys,
I do agree with that, I’ve been riding a bike in Paris for 3 years now.
For now, it’s winter, police forces seem to be sensitive to cold weather, but as soon as it’ll go more than 15°, we will have again, lot of speed controls, bike controls (they love giving tickets for illegal exhausts or db killer removal).
We have a few spots just need Paris were roads give us some interesting bends, but you can be sure every sunday cops are there and tickets distribution is a full time activity.
Anyway, it might be the same everywhere, freedom is something that was destroyed by our society. I love listening to my father’s stories (biker too) telling me the time they were riding 2 strokes 750cc bikes, with no speed limits, freedom on roads was still around. Yes, there are less people dying on roads, and for sure, if we all rides at 5 miles an hour, people won’t be dying on roads….
I’ll still ride as I like to, still thinking the old way, that my freedom is in my right arm.
A french biker!