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According to demotorsite.be, the French are presently researching making filtering legal.
Filtering was made legal in Belgium in 2010 and although many people filter in France (it's pretty much accepted) they are now looking into bringing out new laws to make it legal.
here is a translation of the article:
Who knows maybe this will spread world wide, here's hoping :thumbup
Filtering was made legal in Belgium in 2010 and although many people filter in France (it's pretty much accepted) they are now looking into bringing out new laws to make it legal.
here is a translation of the article:
Will you soon be riding in France through the traffic jams? After years of avoiding this issue, the French government has recently started investigating.
Filtering in Belgium has been legally permitted since 1 July 2010. A measure which the French motards surely envy. For in and around the crowded French cities filtering already comes in handy. If only to get to work on time.
But now it seems the French state have discovered the practicality of filtering . Filtering was recently part of a report of prefect Régis Guyot and the commission of "two wheelers" of the Conseil National de la Sécurité Routière (CNSR). In conclusion, Guyot admits that filtering is still increasing around the major cities and that its practice is tolerated. According to Guyot it is neither "politically or psychologically realistic nor practical to cut back this practice."
But Guyot suggests that it is not advisable to keep filtering in the current legal gray area any longer. The committee of the "two wheelers" CNSR are now investigating how to make filtering legal (in a specific law). Practically it mainly refers to the speed you are allowed to ride between two lanes of traffic. When the filtering in France will be legalized is not yet clear.
Who knows maybe this will spread world wide, here's hoping :thumbup
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