Raising the lines: towards the end of obscurantism ?

The French Motorcycling Federation (FFM) and the French Federation of Angry Motards (FFMC) both welcome the recent remarks of the Minister of the Interior, Claude Gueant, ensuring that "the public authorities were open to a discussion on the subject ( traffic between the lines, Editor’s note) with the …

The French Motorcycling Federation (FFM) and the French Federation of Angry Motards (FFMC) both welcome the recent remarks of the Minister of the Interior, Claude Gueant, ensuring that "the public authorities were open to a discussion on the subject ( of traffic between the lines, editor’s note) with the biker associations ".

"The government is finally positioning itself!", Rejoices the FFM while the FFMC welcomes "the beginning of common sense". It has been "more than ten years" that the two representative bodies of motorcycles in France have been calling for "the alignment of the highway code with what is practiced on a daily basis throughout the territory", recalls in particular the FFM , "in order to prevent sudden excess of zeal by the police from leading to random and unfair verbalizations from motorcyclists".

Recalling that "experiments carried out abroad (Spain, Great Britain, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium in particular, Editor’s note) have shown that this practice improves fluidity without leading to an increase in accidents", the FFM is is already positioning itself as an interlocutor by ensuring that it "will respond presently to the requests of the Minister of the Interior in order to discuss the modalities of implementation of this liberalization".

"It becomes essential to supervise this practice by a few rules of common sense to allow it to develop in the best conditions", notes for its part the FFMC which calls for "a clear regulation on the subject, as there are some already in many European countries "(read in particular).

Old biker than ever !

This would make it possible "to officially teach the correct practice of interfile circulation, both to two-wheelers (adapted speed differential, respect for others …) and to motorists (control of mirrors, use of indicators, no change of file in turn ..) ", continues the association for the defense of bikers, while stressing that" the experiment "of which the minister speaks" is already being done on a large scale, every day, for years … So let’s hope , in the interest of all, that these promises – which are not the first in the matter – finally succeed "…

Old biker than ever, so wonderfully this subject illustrates the obscurantism that has prevailed in government palaces for years when it comes to road safety in general and motorcycle safety in particular….

For what mysterious reasons did the public authorities suddenly realize that the interest of a two-wheeler was precisely to be able to move without getting stuck in traffic jams with cars, buses, trucks and other bulky four-wheeled vehicles? To be continued … Stay connected !

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