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In Caravan monthly to our horror we discovered a little paragraph saying ther following
In FRance the law states, should any motorist see a pedestrian about to cross the road, they must stop, you have to look at them - and if they seem as if they want to cross or they hold up a hand you must stop to allow them to cross. Ther fine if you disobey is euros 185. Why dont people make us more aware, if we had not seen this in Caravan Mag we would not have been any wiser.
This was announced on here a few months back. A timely reminder though. A pedestrian trying that trick 5 metres in front of my 5 tonner had better beware.
tony
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Well that will make it a lot easier for the thugs that Magnum and his wife experienced then, this is a stupid rule the weight of a motor home dictates it needs a longer stopping time, the chances of the average following motors stopping in time as well, it all increases the risk of a shunt. let's hope the pedestrians use their common even if their government haven't, keep your eyes on the road say I.
Having spent a fair while in and out of France recently no-one seems to have told the average pedestrian either, which is nice! ie not a lot has changed that I've seen.
Jason
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The one where cyclists can go through "to what we pressume " are a Red light and turn right.
Ie : you approach a 4 way junction and your lights go green off you go, now to your RIGHT its on red but cyclists can continue so "pulling in front of you" just beware as hitting a cyclist in France is well .
when crossing the road I always mke "eyeball contact" that way they know what your doing and lift my hand up , thanks or stop depends on your point of view, I can see the French rear ending each other stopping in the busy citys.
And who thought of putting a crossing on a junction
Is it just urban areas? I know there are a lot of traffic safety initiatives in town and city centres that are abandoning the automatic right of way that up to now motorists have enjoyed in the absence of crossings etc.
Mainly experiments I think in Benelux countries. Although a couple of cities have tried it here. Barriers on the sides of pavements and crossings are removed etc.. Sometimes even the kerbs. The whole system depends on eye contact between twixt driver and pedestrian. Apparently accidents are dramatically reduced. Driver AND pedestrian take responsibility for safety rather than both thinking that they have right of way in different circumstances.
How many times do you see people stepping out onto crossings without looking!
I would hope that if France has adopted this on a national basis it is only in urban areas and that these zones are signed.
Dick
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off you go, now to your RIGHT its on red but cyclists can continue so "pulling in front of you" just beware as hitting a cyclist in France is well 
