So regarding the above, I know that it's mandatory in France at least, for the rider to wear CE gloves, but is it for pillion too?
Riding in France/ and other European with CE gloves
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Wear gloves, both of you
Nobody's going to check whether they're CE or not
Nobody's going to check whether they're CE or not
It just makes sense to wear them regardless, the chances of the Gendarmerie pulling you over to check, is, of course very slim.
probably very slim , .....but once they have you , they'll look at everything.
and why would you be riding without gloves ?
I do when it's 25ºC and above!
Nobody, not least the French police (or anywhere else for that matter) is going to be in the slightest bit interested in the CE markings of your gloves, let alone your pillion’s.
Each time the local Fed’s have seen fit to engage with me in a professional capacity, all they have taken an interest in were, in no particular order:
My V5, driving licence, sometimes my insurance but, most importantly: The speed showing on their radar gun, my myopic failure to observe a stop line, an illegal exhaust (noise only) and my inability to apparently understand the obscure locals laws as to what an unbroken white means. To this list, you can add, their devilish interest the ready state of my wallet, from which there was no distracting them. Those and sometimes a breath test.
Helmet, gloves, GPS device, the make (and state of) my tyres and whether I owned a cat, did not come into it once.
Enjoy your holiday.
I can add: GB sticker, headlight stickers, helmet stickers, hi-viz jacket. They do not care.
Just wear gloves, even light ones. Trust me, a low speed spill without gloves is painful
PS there was a nice fluffy cat in our hotel near Grenoble a couple of days ago.
Just wear gloves, even light ones. Trust me, a low speed spill without gloves is painful
PS there was a nice fluffy cat in our hotel near Grenoble a couple of days ago.
The Germans care about a GB sticker. I was assured of this by a German policeman, who was interviewing me for assorted heinous motoring crimes. It’s a bit rich, considering they murdered millions. But that is all in past.
ditto...and sandals and shorts when in Biarritz...
I've been lucky (multiple times) then.
But, to be fair, my GS has an old plate with the blue GB/EU strip. I think that will work in lieu of the sticker.
It will indeed.
My otherwise fully legal number plate did not have one. I did though point out that the plate did show BMW Park Lane’s address. I was then told by the German policeman that “BMW is not a country”. He plainly knew his stuff and spoke perfect English. It’s not something that you could say about many British coppers.
"Not yet, mein general". Wink wink. Roman salute... and get away from him... back on the bike and disappear into the night.
Thanks people, I wasn't referring to NOT wearing gloves, just if they were CE or not-good to know they won't bother checking.
And now it's a "UK" sticker, assuming your vehicle is UK registered.
Is it not an (F)UK sticker now, just to add confusion to Ukraine riders
Had the question of CE marked gloves come up at work, we’d have nodded sagely and said, “Yes, they are a must”….. then tittered to ourselves when matey went out to buy some.
Happy days.
Happy days.
And it means? As you must have had the wisdom imparted to you as to what and why? You are now dusy bound to pass the " Wapping White line missive" into tosser law...
Henceforth we can use quoted words, "Well according to Wappers " when we make this transgression
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Was told by a local biker in Austria that riding there with flip helmet up would be considered as riding without a helmet unless the helmet was rated to operate flipped-up.
My Schuberth S3 is not so rated, afaik. Maybe others are.
My Schuberth S3 is not so rated, afaik. Maybe others are.
I was told by a local biker that you go as fast as you like. That proved to be bollocks. I can only suspect that it had lost something in the translation.
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