English women shave their arm pits? :doze:
From a male perspective the answer is YES!!!:D:P:D
How it costs to drive in London during 1 days with a motorbike?
It’s the same price than car?
French or English, it’s the same thing?Student fare?
No congestion charge for bikes 
Differences between London and Paris:
In London and the whole UK filtering (American ‘lane splitting’) is legal. In Paris it is the normal thing, but illegal except on the Periphique with hazard lights (touts clignotants) on.
In London, it is very strictly forbidden to park on the pavement (American ‘sidewalk’) - it is also forbidden in Paris, but everyone does it anyway.
In London and the whole UK, no cager (car driver) will move over to let a bike pass.
In Paris, no cager (car driver) will move over to let a bike overtake, but he/she will expect the biker to pass anyway. In the rest of France the cagers will happily drive in the ditch and scrape their cars against a hedge in order to let a biker pass.
Riding a bike in the UK is an art of survival - in France it is a way of life that most people acknowledge (outside Paris!) and appreciate.
(I love riding in France, did I let that slip?)
Jim, you need to get out of London a bit more ;), some drivers do this and on the Hunstanton rideout we had loads of cars driving in the gutter, wish they wouldn’t tbh but it does happen, maybe not very often in London.
No charge for bikes, and free parking, but only in special areas (ones marked SOLO MOTORCYCLES ONLY or SOLO M/C ONLY).
Hairy armpits are a big no no over here as well (and most keep the other bits nice and tidy as well :w00t:)
ctually free-parking ain’t the case any more… Didn’t someone recently post up a massive charge they’d got in some space in the West End…
Be careful Parking in London, some spaces are still free, but others have charges being introduced… look for signs when you stop…No signs, its free, signs with lots of mumbo jumbo about days and quantum physics equations with a phone number at the end and Westminster’s gonna rob you! Be careful…
So good! I am happy to listen it!
(I’ll only correct you on your ‘learn English threads’!)Also toll roads and bridges are usually free (eg. Dartford crossing) or at least cheaper on bikes (M6 toll road up near Birmingham http://www.m6toll.co.uk/UserFiles/File/Toll%20Price%20Rise%20Toll%20Rates%20from%201-1-08(1).pdf)
I agree that drivers of all types increasingly move over to let bikes pass.
Since riding a large fronted bright yellow twin headlight bike I find about 30% of drivers move over. I suspect the others simply have never used their mirrors. Jackei says she likes filtering behind me simply because people move over for me who wouldn’t move over for her.
Thank you to correct me ;)Thanks to all for your answers (jimc, Yslart, Elad, Toby-1-kenoby…) So, I have new questions : :)In England, what is the speed limitation?How much it costs a ticket for excess speed?
Hhehe the Speed Limit will probably generate a lot of answers, but mainly read the signs, there are loads of them!
Basically around london it is 30 MILES per hour (not KM as in France), everything else is signposted with the maximum limit e.g 40 or 50. The other sign is a white sign with a black line across it, which means ‘National Speed Limit’ which is different depending on the roads, but is either 60 or 70 mph. Motorways (‘M’ roads) are 70mph.
If you are caught over the speed limit you will get a fine and points on your licence. How much depends on how much more than the speed limit you were going. fine is £60 and usually 3pts for small errors, but can easily raise to 6pts. When you have 12pts on your licence you automatically get your licence taken away for a period of time set by the court.
If you are doing more than double the speed limit or more than 100mph then more than likely you will get a straight ban and a large fine (usually a weeks pay after tax)
The Highway Code is worth reading if you plan to ride here. It includes the speed limits and the penalties are in an annex.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/index.htm
30 mph (50kmph) in town to 70 mph (110kmph) on Dual carriageways & Motorways. Fun can be had at the 60mph (100Kmph) limit on the country roads though.Most of our speed enforcement is done by fixed cameras which are mostly highly visible so you can spot them/learn where they are. Of course you can easily be done by mobile camera sites (but they also tend to use regular spots & should be visible, but sometimes not until they’ve caught you!)
Up to 20mph over the limit should get you a £60 (80 Euro)fine but 4 in 3 years you will lose your licence.
Going faster, especially over 100mph will tend to mean you have to go to court to face a larger fine & possibly a ban for between a couple of weeks to 6 months.
Getting caught at 170 mph or so could put you in prison.
The NSL (National Speed Limit) is 70 mph (~110 kph) on Motorways and dual-carriageways.The NSL is 60 mph (~95 kph) on single-carriageway roads.In built-up areas with street lights it is 30 mph (~50 kph).There are other areas where the posted limit may be 40 mph (~65 kph) or 50 mph (~80 kph).The kph figures above are the nearest rounded to 0 or 5.Excess speed penalties can range from a GBP30 fine to having your licence revoked, depending on the excess speed and the circumstances at the time.Generally the ‘rule of thumb’ is that you are OK riding at the speed limit+10%+2mph, so in a 30 limit 35 is OK, in a 40 limit 46 is OK, etc.
To tell you the gods honest truth…i quite admire the French way of thinking…the fit in or F_cuk off attitude quite appeals to me…
France still has its balls…which is more than i can say for the country i signed up to defend all those years ago…
patriotic smiled:ermm:
So, are there any fixed radars? Are they identified as France?
Is there a lot of control? Are motorcyclists are less annoying than cars?
Yes there’s quite a few. Yes they are supposed to be identifiable so they are painted reflective yellow.No there’s not much control as the government has allowed traffic police to reduce as the cameras (radar) have taken over.No, motorcyclists are much more annoying than cars.
If I understand it is important to pay attention to the bright yellow boxes? In general, you ride at what speed?For example, I was traveling often to 130 instead of 90 and 200 instead of 130 