a french letter

[moto al]

hi ive just read that from the 1st jan 2013 its mandatory to wear reflective clothing if riding a motorcycle over 125cc in france, on spot fines of 70euros. merd eh,al

[shan]

Post the link to were you read such bollocks and lets see if its just bull shit . As its stands know one I know has a clue when or what the final regs will be

[moto al]

sorry old chap i dont like your tone, as bollocks, read our german sister mag touren fahrer. al

[Mike54]

It's all over the web and is law from then BUT it's only a square of hi viz you need, not a full hi vis jacket. Get googling.

[shan]

Trust me I have never believed any thing a Jock has told me and never will!!
Even more so on a Friday
Yes we all know what they are saying its going to be !! But until its passed in French law it only hear say .
But it will be brought into the UK as well at a later date lol and Sarco told me that

[Bonniebird]

I read that we can get away with a hi-viz arm band, think it was in the MCN or Road.

[Mike54]

The law has been passed already

http://www.carolenash.com/insidebikes/b ... t-rule.htm

http://ukfrancebikers.com/2012/01/10/fr ... -get-done/

[Mickdb1]

Does it matter that much to you to wear a dayglotag 6 inch square
I was riding without a helmet cos I am old enough to be stupid enough to say at the time it was a daft idea to wear a lid :silly:
You wear them, dayglo's, on building sites almost every company insists that people in traffic area of their companies if you want a job or to use the facilities you put one on
If they banned waterproofs or helmets maybe same folk would moan at that
I once read a footnote to a email that said
"Wouldnt be seen dead in a dayglo jacket" hope the person still is around = statistics say his chances are better
I dont wear mine much over here - only if
Its poor viz or dark or I am on me own on the motorway
If they say its law then if yer want to go there wear one easy
If yer dont - go in the car - but take one or two with yer as to be on the side of the motorway without a dayglo is an offence toooo

[Mike54]

I read that we can get away with a hi-viz arm band, think it was in the MCN or Road.

Yes it's a 125cm sq surface area. So if it was a square, only say 12cm x 11 cm

Not the end of the world, but annoying nonetheless

[Mike54]

There is no independent study which proves that hi viz is useful on a motorcycle. It's been proved to be worthwhile for slow moving or static things (ie blokes on building sites) but not fast moving objects.

Just because logic says "hi viz makes us more visible so it must be good" doesn't make it so, and these things are penalising the victims of accidents (ie us) when the money should be being spent on educating drivers. It is not our responsibility to make ourselves more visible than we already are, and especially not to legislate for it which costs us money.