Road safety – For parking two-wheelers on sidewalks –

For parking two-wheelers on sidewalks

Road safety - For parking two-wheelers on sidewalks -

While the PVs have multiplied lately, nearly 500 motorcyclists demonstrated this afternoon in Paris to demand that the tolerance for parking on sidewalks be maintained when no inconvenience is caused..

At the call of the French Federation of Angry Bikers (FFMC), around 500 bikers and a few scooters met this afternoon in Paris to ask for the maintenance of the parking of motorcycles on the sidewalk when they do not interfere with the pedestrian traffic. Parisian bikers have indeed seen the PV of 230 FF flourish recently, such as this restaurateur installed on the Place de la Bourse who had parked without a problem for 2 years on a wide deserted sidewalk, or this journalist who parks his motorcycle on the same sidewalk for 5 years without the slightest problem … Paris now has 12,000 two-wheeled parking spaces, often quite poorly designed, for a fleet of around 56,000 motorcycles. Stephane Tetart, webmaster of Moto Magazine promoted spokesperson for the FFMC for the occasion, explains that "the FFMC simply asks for the maintenance of the tolerance which allows motorcycles to park intelligently on the sidewalks, as well as the development of suitable and well-designed locations to allow two-wheelers to fit into a global city policy". For the time being, bikers who consider themselves victims of unjustified police zeal can contact the FFMC. Asked about the possible development of" motorcycle parking meters ", which already exist in certain European capitals, Stephane immediately warns than "when the day comes, the FFMC will be against paying parking for two-wheelers". In London in particular, six free spaces for two-wheelers have just been provided with new motorcycle parking meters for a trial period of 3 months. You therefore have to pay 20 pence per hour (around 2 FF) to be able to do so. tie up your vehicle – a still modest sum compared to car prices, but which could seriously undermine the freedom of movement – and parking – of two-wheelers if the system were to become widespread…

Eric MICHEL

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