With the Olympics starting in Paris today, UK visitors to France are set for record levels - but motorists are being warned they are 20 times more likely to be breathalysed than in the UK. French police randomly test over 100 drivers per 1000 population, compared to just 5 per 1000 in Britain and the drink drive limit is 50mg, lower than the 80mg in England … [Read more...]
French police 20 times more likely to breath test drivers
British motorists are twenty times more likely to be breathalysed in France than in the UK with random testing allowed. The gendarmes tested 109 drivers per 1000 population in 2021, compared to just 5 per 1000 in Britain. With the drink drive limit across Europe also much lower than England & Wales, it’s all too easy to flout the law whilst motoring … [Read more...]
French police fine nearly 250,000 British drivers this year
It’s official, police in France prosecute more British drivers than any other country! The UK signed up to a scheme in 2017, which allows authorities across Europe to request details of drivers who have broken the law abroad. New figures reveal that France alone has accounted for three-quarters of all requests over the past five months from 18 European … [Read more...]
