No I do not miss the point.

My point is to make oneself fully aware of what the Law actually states - not what someone heard from a friend, who met a person in a pub who may have read something about someone, who might just have ..... and so on.

Documenti? Don't tell me!
I now live in a country with huge personal freedom, unlike (very sadly) the oppressive, watched, regulated, controlled society that now prevails where I came from.

Despite this, driving around (it's sub zero 24/7 until April, so not riding too much!) in a UK registered car I get stopped more than daily for "Documenti pajalastr" by bribe hungry cops. It actually also happens in our RUS registered car, but probably less than monthly. These guys are reportedly paid $75 a month yet there is a queue of applicants - the perks opportunities make up for it!

I ensure my paperwork and knowledge is up to date and 'take no siht". They are then uncomfortably, out of their own environment, and cannot cope, particularly when, even with my poor Russian, I start detailing regulations.

The point is not to be bullied into submission and to not be so you must be certain and confident with first hand information. I make it my goal to have this.

That's why I asked for citations that, interestingly as if to prove my point, no one has ben able to provide.


Give me a few hours (it is past 2am here) and if anyone is interested they will see a post of mine soon giving a brief summary of foreign road use regulations - citing the actual sources etc.
That's far more than has been produced by those who 'knock' what I say. No offence taken, Guys.

While getting it into reasonably brief and understandable form, perhaps, as an example following some of the responses, at least one of the "France experts" can direct me to which Article of Le Code de la Route applies for not having a current MOT in France for your UK registered, 3+ year old moto? Particularly interesting as all French registered motos never require a contrôle technique (last time I looked). Yet they are telling me here I must have it - so there must be an actual Law and penalty if I do not. Find it and I'll respect you more!

I would venture to suggest you don’t know, your quoted Gendarme doesn’t know either – because there is none!

Sorry for the long winded posts - but to be accurate with difficult or complex topics, one line is simply not possible.

I'll be back

Oh – TED.
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