PJay Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Any one know the current situation on the breatherlysers? We did not bother last year, and went over twice Will be of shortly to Spain, via France, and wonder if any one knows. Do you take them? A friend who lives in France does carry some, but he is English! I don't think the French bother. PJay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 This thread includes my 7 January 2014 8:27 AM summary http://www.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Hints-and-Tips/French-Breathalyser-Law/32003/ To the best of my knowledge nothing has changed since January. A French law is still in place that demands that motorists driving in France carry a breathalyser in their vehicle, but a motorist cannot be fined for failing to comply with that law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJay Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share Posted March 28, 2014 So will not bother then. Out of curiousity , are they selling them on the ferries? PJay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 PJay - 2014-03-28 10:53 AM So will not bother then. Out of curiousity , are they selling them on the ferries? PJay Still shown on Brittany Ferries website as available on ferries ( £6 for twin pack ? ) ( Also still available in Halfords I think ). :-| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barryd999 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Of course they are still flogging them on the ferries to unsuspecting first timers! They probably bought a shed load and the two year expiry date will almost be up so they will be trying to shift them. Never bought one and now you simply dont need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billggski Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Not needing them as you won't get fined is different from not needing them at all. If you have a few bottles of wine at night you might just need to check your alcohol level or it will be more than a fine you get from our friendly local police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJay Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share Posted March 28, 2014 We are not really drinkers, a bottle of wine will last us two or three nights. Maybe the odd Brandy or G & T . Never have been drinkers, have seen what the demon drink can do to some people. Sooner have a decent coffee personally. But we will always have some on board, for visitors!! PJay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Well I am in France at the moment and I am carrying the prescribed two breathalysers. Unfortunately, they are now out of date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 PJay - 2014-03-28 6:19 PM Never have been drinkers, have seen what the demon drink can do to some people.PJayI know exactly what you mean PJay. I mean, look at poor of one foot in the grave, it's turned him into a dribbling wreck, and Clive H isn't far behind, imbibing a Ltr of cheap red every night. I've got my suspicions about Pelmetman as well, as he is prone to some strange behaviour occasionally. (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJay Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 My friend who lives in France, has just told me that he got stopped in a routine roadblock on a Sunday, and was breatherlysed. The police DID NOT ask for thier kit, or if they had one. They do carry them in each of the vehicles. Looks like it is only the Brits who live there that obey the "Law" !! PJay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter lambert Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Don't get suckered in to the prices at the ferries etc. You can pick them up at most of the supermarkets for less money. We got ours at a LeClerc motor centre (french equivalent of Halfords??????) for 1 euro each. BUT, after all that........Do we really need them?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 PJay - 2014-03-29 7:38 AM My friend who lives in France, has just told me that he got stopped in a routine roadblock on a Sunday, and was breatherlysed. The police DID NOT ask for thier kit, or if they had one. They do carry them in each of the vehicles. Looks like it is only the Brits who live there that obey the "Law" !! PJay One of the reasons why the French breathalyser project was successively postponed was that (totally predictably) supply failed to match the sporadic demand. Nevertheless, hundreds of thousands of the things were sold in France to French nationals prior to the decision to put 'fining' on indefinite hold, so there will be many, many French motorists currently carrying a breathalyser in their vehicles. A lot of these breathalysers wiil (like Patricia's and mine) now be past their use-by date and (as Barry warned earlier) there's likely to be plenty of old stock still being sold. (I'd be extremely wary of trusting the accuracy of these cheap single-use breathalysers. One heavily-sold brand (Red Line) proved badly inaccurate in tests long before the French breathalyser project commenced. Breathalyser unreliability (particularly the production of false negative readings) and user-unfriendliness were other reasons for the project not going ahead.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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