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French prefecture threatens to suspend licences for using phone when driving
Motorists could be without licence for up to six months. A trial period next month will decide on course of action
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New road signs drivers in France should be aware of
Free-flow motorways, level crossings, and ‘stopover villages’ all affected
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Unmarked radar cars to begin patrols in two new French departments
Radar cars will patrol roads with speed limits of 70 km/h or higher and focus on areas near major cities
What does bikers’ leg gesture mean?
What does it mean when a motorbike rider puts out their leg when they go past you – are they being polite, or the opposite? T.D.

Putting out the right leg is a sign of thanks, for example if you deliberately slowed and pulled to the right to let the motorbike overtake.
Another biker’s convention is raising the left hand to say ‘hello’ to another biker passing in the opposite direction, known as le salut des motards.