Breathalyser?

[tattybogle]

Do you have to carry a breathalyser in France?

 

[Chris]

No and I never have.

All nonsense. i believe it remains a legal requirement but there is no penalty for failing to do so.

Typically French

 

[The Wino]

Last I heard it was still a requirement but there is no penalty for not having one so no-one bothers.

 

[Chockswahay]

As Chris said!

 

[Chockswahay]

As Chris said!

Oh that was bad timing I wasn’t aiming that at you The Wino I just meant I believe Chris is correct

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[The Wino]

Oh that was bad timing I wasn’t aiming that at you The Wino I just meant I believe Chris is correct

It's fine I think we both said the same!

 

[Odd-no-more]

I bought a couple but they're out of date now, I wouldn't buy any more

 

[The Wino]

I bought a couple but they're out of date now, I wouldn't buy any more

The AA were still trying to flog them fairly recently just taking advantage of some people's fears of "abroad" as being somewhere dodgy

 

[Chockswahay]

Well I’d never go there (again!) apart from in a couple weeks time to the Alsace (purely research of course)

 

[Lenny HB]

No and I never have.

All nonsense. i believe it remains a legal requirement but there is no penalty for failing to do so.

Typically French

No longer any requirement for them the law was repealed a few years ago.

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[Chris]

No longer any requirement for them the law was repealed a few years ago.

I will buy a couple off the AA then

 

[EuroTrotters]

No longer any requirement for them the law was repealed a few years ago.

Yes, no longer a legal requirement. Despite me telling our Son-in-law he did not need them, he bought some.

 

[tattybogle]

Thanks everyone

 

[Verteuil Man]

It is still a legal requirement to carry two, but there is no fine for not having them.

When the law came in years ago, the type of breathalyser was specified (supposedly manufactured by a mate of the minister). The implementation date was moved back a few times because they could not be manufactured quick enough.

I France it is illegal to sell a car that is knowingly legal for the road (car are insured not the driver). In practice you see a car pay the money and drive it away. If it is not legal it has to be declared as so on the Carte Gris.

The rub was the motor manufacturers had thousands of cars in showrooms they could not sell because they could not get breathalysers. It all got hushed up and dropped.

The people at the ferry port will say you need them so they can make some money. A bit like spare bulb kits. Not a legal requirement, just advisory.

 

[Camdoon]

They tried to breathalyse my 16yo son in a catch-all road stop until they realised I was sitting on the other side. They produced the breathalyser and my son is now 24 so never an issue.
Interestingly this year in Spain there was a road block where they were breathalysing everyone but let me through without stopping.