The government does not rule out the mandatory yellow vest…

Questioned last year by the UMP deputy of Isère Jacques Remiller, the government has just replied that it "did not rule out the prospect" of making the yellow vest compulsory for all drivers of two-wheelers…

Questioned last year by the UMP deputy of Isère Jacques Remiller, the government has just replied that it "did not rule out the prospect" of making the yellow vest compulsory for all drivers of two-wheelers…

In a question written to the government of May 5, 2009, Jacques Remiller indeed estimated that the decree of September 29, 2008 stipulating that "any driver and passenger of a cycle must wear outside built-up areas, day or night, and when visibility is insufficient during the day, a high visibility vest in accordance with regulations ", marked" a significant advance in road safety "(read in particular).

"Impose the wearing of the life jacket for all motorized vehicles without bodywork"

Consequently, the deputy regretted that the government did not go "beyond these provisions to remedy the numerous accidents of which two-wheelers are victims", by requiring "the wearing of the life jacket in a daytime as well as at night, outside and in agglomeration, for all motorized vehicles without bodywork (cycle, moped, motorcycle, quad …) ".

"This obligation would improve the visibility of these particularly fragile road users, whether in urban or rural areas," he continued, asking the government "whether an extension of the current regulations to make them more effective (was) possible ".

After a (very!) Long reflection, the government finally responded last week (almost a year later, Editor’s note!) To the deputy by reaffirming that "the question of the traffic safety of motorized two-wheelers (was) one of the priorities of the national road safety policy "and that" the report "Road safety deposits, motorized two-wheelers" submitted to the interministerial delegate for road safety by Mr. Regis Guyot, prefect of the Ain, (proposed) measures to increase their visibility ".

"These measures will be examined in the framework of the national consultation initiated by the interministerial delegation for road safety with a view to improving the safety of motorized two-wheelers which opened in June 2009", continues the Ministry of Transport in its reply.

And a neon pink feather ?

While specifying that "the daytime wearing of the vest for cyclists" had "not been retained by the interministerial road safety committee (IRB) of February 13, 2008", the government indicates that it "does not rule out however not this perspective ":" the question must be the subject of a more in-depth analysis before being possibly proposed within the framework of a future IRB "…

Or all the art of coming back through the window after being out the door? To be followed closely – while respecting the safety distances! -, while waiting for a possible proposal from Mr. Remiller to make us ride with a beautiful pair of orange beacons and an ostrich feather in the heart … Stay tuned !

Eric MICHEL

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