legal requirements for riding in France

[long-way-home]

HI I am going to Assen this year for Moto Gp i have never ridden out of the UK before can anyone offer advise on what i should carry apart from licence,passport ,insurance,cash and beer.I have heard i should carry spare lamps and a puncture repair kit

 

[GreatScott]

As I am going over shortly I did a search myself and found this

http://driving.drive-alive.co.uk/driving-in-france.htm

It might help but it seems the best advice however is drive on the right !! but I can't find out if laws on Visibility Vests and Warning triangles triangles apply to bikes. I have got the vest and I am taking a bulb kit too but that just seems senible but don't really want to be lumbered with a triangle.

 

[Wapping]

HI I am going to Assen this year for Moto Gp i have never ridden out of the UK before can anyone offer advise on what i should carry apart from licence,passport ,insurance,cash and beer.I have heard i should carry spare lamps and a puncture repair kit

Legal requirement for France?

Assen is in Holland.

Hi viz and triangle not required.

Spare bulb(s)? Good idea but you can get bulbs in Holland (it's famous for them).

Puncture repair? Good idea but learn how to do it before finding out in the rain and dark.

V5 vehicle doc.

Map(s).

 

[High-Tower]

As above, but its worth taking you're insurance docs and MOT if you have one as well, they can help smooth any awkward encounters........

Expanding filler foam tyre goo for punctures if you're not too confident. Makes a hell of a mess for the tyre repair man, but at least you
can get to him.

 

[long-way-home]

thanks for the advice had not thought about the V5 and i said France as i am going the Dover Calais Route and i cant spell Holland

 

[strimstrum]

Suggest you take a pillow and duvet too., stick the bike on auto pilot and have a kip cos the journey is dead boring to Assen.

 

[David Nimrod]

Spare bulb(s)? Good idea but you can get bulbs in Holland (it's famous for them).

 

[GSTourer]

You can spell Holland !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[davejohn]

Biking in France

There is no legal requirement to carry a high vis vest, warning triangle or a first aid kit in France, but you will need both copies of your licence and your reg document and insurance certificate.

 

[casperghst42]

You can spell Holland !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually it's Nederland (The Netherlands), Holland are two regions (Noord Holland and Zuid Holland)

And do keep to the speed limit around Assen, every copper with a radar gun is up there during that weekend.


Casper

 

[mike6631]

As well as the items mentioned (its worth taking an extra photocopy of all paper documents, keep the originals in a plastic bag to keep them dry) worth considering is:

European recovery - AA, Rac etc

EHIC card

Travel Insurance and make sure it covers you for riding a motorcycle!

Get roaming on your mobile if its not already enabled

Mike

 

[Riders Rest]

Legal requirements are:

A valid full driving licence (not provisional), with paper counterpart if you have a photocard licence
The original vehicle registration document V5C
Your motor insurance certificate
Your passport

Reccomended:
MOT certificate
EHIC card available here --> https://www.ehic.org/apply.html
Spare bulbs - as it is illegal to ride in France without your lights on.
Euros

You do not need:
Hi-Vis Jacket
Warning Triangle

+ anything else you might want to take.

 

[stolzy]

Get roaming on your mobile if its not already enabled

And make sure you disable data-roaming unless you want a nasty surprise when you get home.

 

[bowser]

Actually it's Nederland (The Netherlands), Holland are two regions (Noord Holland and Zuid Holland)

And do keep to the speed limit around Assen, every copper with a radar gun is up there during that weekend.


Casper

to be a pain Assen is the Capital of the province of Drenthe, Haarlem the Capital of the province of North Holland and The Hauge the Capital of Sud Holland.
You do need to drive with headlights on in the Netherlands, and I think also in france, both have on the spot fines for speeding (dont or dont get caught).

One thing to be carfull of is that generaly pedestrians, cyclists and trams have right of way, if you hit a pedestrian or a cyclist you are at fault regardless of the circumstances and they get the right raging hump !!!

 

[mr_magicfingers]

One thing to be carfull of is that generaly pedestrians, cyclists and trams have right of way, if you hit a pedestrian or a cyclist you are at fault regardless of the circumstances and they get the right raging hump !!!

Not quite true, when I lived in Holland '98-2000 they actually changed the law so a car driver isn't automatically at fault but you're going to have to prove without any shadow of a doubt that the cyclist did something very stupid to get any sort of leeway in a decision.

To all intents and purposes though, you're correct.

 

[bowser]

Not quite true, when I lived in Holland '98-2000 they actually changed the law so a car driver isn't automatically at fault but you're going to have to prove without any shadow of a doubt that the cyclist did something very stupid to get any sort of leeway in a decision.

To all intents and purposes though, you're correct.

I know you right, I go to Netherlands two or three times a year and have loads of biking mates over there. Strictly speaking there are occasions when you would have an argument however there are not many, and being a non dutch motorist in the Netherlands not speaking the language its not likly that you are going to get very much of the benifet of doubt, they have always said to assume that as a non dutch you are going to end up at fault and ride/drive accordinly !!.
In an argument with a tram you are always comming second no matter who is at fault ;-)

and as a point of interest lots of the cameras have sombody sitting at the other end of them, there is nice long straight road along side the canal going from the E34 motorway up to Helmond as we are speeding up the road the sign flashes slow down in dutch, the next sign is in English as the operator has noticed the Uk reg plates !!!!! You have been warned the dutch invented the Gatso camera.