No Licence ~ No Worry!
By JENNY ARCHER
@bookbar (1609)
Sudbury, England
January 4, 2016 3:18pm CST
If you are driving along in France, and happen to hear something that sounds for all the world, like a Sewing machine, being driven at full throttle....have no fear, it's not your dead granny come back to haunt you.
It's what the French call 'a voiture sans permis' or colloquially a VSP,the little car that anyone over the age of 14 can drive, with or without a licence.
Of course if you happen to get stuck behind one in a country lane, may as well pull over and enjoy the views, as it has a top speed of only 28mph.
So if you are covered by Insurance, which does work out around £63 per week, anyone can own one, and these are often traded on the Black Market, when an owner passes away, for lesser prices.
If you live in France, it would appear, that any Banned driver (drunk or otherwise) can still take to the road.
C'est la vie!
source:bbcco.uk
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
5 Jan 16
@LadyDuck Yes Anna you're right but like all French laws, open to interpretation and always a 'getaround'...here a quote from the article ...
"Youngsters at least have to take a theoretical exam in the French highway code (this is waived entirely if you were born before the law was last changed in 1988) and drive accompanied for a minimum of four hours, but no-one has to sit any kind of practical test to frappe la rue (hit the road) in a VSP".
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
4 Jan 16
How stupid, utterly dangerous, I say.
You would be crushed in it.
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
5 Jan 16
@TiarasOceanView They did bring in a law requiring those born pre 1988, get a licence, but that's mostly ignored too, by dealers and drivers, French law always seems easily bendable
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
5 Jan 16
@jaboUK Ah! Well they have seemingly become the French equivalent of the bike... but with a little more comfort and style,befitting of our friends across the water, they are now becoming a little more updated as their popularity grows, with 'go fast'stripes and 'sport' models, even though they still only have a top speed of 28mls an hour.....novel! Maybe it's time Boris updated his Bike Banks for a little more joie de vivre
...in our city motoring...
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@lokisdad (4226)
• United States
5 Jan 16
Here in the states we have people who circumvent the driving laws by getting mopeds that don't require you to have a license because they don't go fast and you don't have to have insurance either because they are like a bike that you pedal. They don 't go very fast but they beat walking.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
5 Jan 16
No kidding. That is a scary situation.
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
5 Jan 16
@ElizabethWallace...In a 14 yr. old's hands...it could still be a lethal weapon, at whatever speed, or even 100 yr old if you've never had experience before
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
5 Jan 16
@bookbar And any age in between. Ignorance is dangerous.
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