Half of cyclists break law in Paris

Connexionfrance

Half of cyclists break law in Paris"


Play all audios:

Loading...

ABOUT half of cyclists in Paris break the law, according to Paris traffic chief Gildas Robert.


Going through red lights is the most common offence. Others turn without signalling, use their phones while cycling or cycle while drunk.


As a result, the number of fines has increased steeply – up from 4,000 in 2004 to 14,000 last year.


Authorities in Paris have responded to the problem, by relaxing many laws for cyclists.


Shortly they are to be allowed to turn right at certain junctions even when the lights are red. Also, by next summer 67 30mph zones will allow bikes to travel in the opposite direction to


traffic.


The number of bikes in Paris has doubled since 2001, boosted by the free hire Velib' scheme.


Trending News

Birmingham Outlasts Palisades - Los Angeles Times

If last week’s loss to Chatsworth didn’t serve as a wake-up call for Birmingham High, the first half of its City Champio...

Karnataka COVID-19 panel recommends opening all schools on priority

The expert committee constituted by the Karnataka government to suggest measures to handle the third wave of the coronav...

Mechanistically linked serum miRNAs distinguish between drug induced and fatty liver disease of different grades

Hepatic steatosis is characterised by excessive triglyceride accumulation in the form of lipid droplets (LD); however, m...

Political cartoon world maduro venezuela

SIGN UP FOR THE WEEK'S FREE NEWSLETTERS From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the be...

Α-synuclein induced toxicity in brain stem serotonin neurons mediated by an aav vector driven by the tryptophan hydroxylase promoter

ABSTRACT We studied the impact of α-synuclein overexpression in brainstem serotonin neurons using a novel vector constru...

Latests News

Half of cyclists break law in Paris

ABOUT half of cyclists in Paris break the law, according to Paris traffic chief Gildas Robert.Going through red lights i...

Sabarimala strike: bjp leader sobha takes over fast as ck padmanabhan is hospitalised

After being on an indefinite strike against the prohibitory orders at Sabarimala since December 3, Kerala BJP leader CK ...

Transcriptome analysis reveals a complex interplay between resistance and effector genes during the compatible lentil-Colletotrichum lentis interactio

Colletotrichum lentis is a hemibiotrophic pathogen and causes anthracnose on lentil. To understand the molecular mechani...

Meibomian gland dysfunction correlates to the tear film instability and ocular discomfort in patients with pterygium

ABSTRACT Pterygium is a very common disease in an eye clinic characterized by a benign proliferation of local conjunctiv...

Oklahoma st. Tragedy hits gottlieb hard

Former Tustin High and Oklahoma State basketball player Doug Gottlieb heard about the airplane crash that killed eight m...

Top