Hi vis jackets to be obligatory in 2016 for motorcyclists.

Posted on May 10, 2015 by bill

En 2016, le gilet jaune sera obligatoire pour les deux-roues motorisés

par Rédaction de France Info dimanche 10 mai 2015 15:24

Le gilet jaune sera obligatoire dès 2016. F.LEPAGE/SIPA©

Comme pour les automobilistes, avoir un gilet jaune à bord de son véhicule sera obligatoire pour les conducteurs de motos et de scooters à partir de 2016.                                                                          As with car drivers, carrying a yellow hi-visibility jacket with them will become obligatory for motorbike and scooter riders from the beginning of 2016. 

Les automobilistes y avaient été contraints en 2008. Huit ans plus tard, ce sera au tour des conducteurs de véhicules deux, trois et quatre roues motorisés non carrossés d’avoir obligatoirement un gilet jaune dans un rangement de leur véhicule (filet, coffre).            This has been in place for motorists since 2008. Eight years later it is the turn of the riders of bikes with two, three and four wheels, without a permanent cover, to carry a hi-vis jacket on their bike (in a saddle bag or boot). 

La mesure, annoncée dimanche au Journal Officiel, prendra effet le 1er janvier 2016. Les conducteurs devront revêtir le gilet jaune avant de quitter leur véhicule en cas d’immobilisation sur la chaussée ou ses abords à la suite d’un arrêt d’urgence. The measure, announced today (Sunday) by Official Journal, will take effect on 1 January 2016. The drivers/riders must don the yellow jacket before leaving their vehicle/bike after breakdown/immobilisation on the road side or in place following an urgent stop/accident.

Les contrevenants encourront une amende de 11 euros en cas d’absence de gilet à bord, et de 135 euros s’ils ne le portent pas à la suite d’un arrêt.                                                       Contraventions will attract an on-the-spot fine of €11 for the absence of a hi-vis jacket or €135 if found not wearing it after stopping.

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Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
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