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Originally Posted by kevinhancock750
when i first came here i wondered why everyone needs to stretch their legs after overtaking me! only to find out that's how they wave here. due to overtaking on the left you would need to leave go of throttle! =no gas = no overtaking! so we wave with foot(me included now)!
as for filtering it's normal here, even the police move over for you if your sensible with it. once going down a road at 70kmh in a 70kmh zone i was passing cars who were doing exactly 70! after passing so many i came upon a gendarme doing (yes you've guessed 70kmh). he moves over to the right,flashes his indicator and lets me pass  . thought it was dodgy at first but passed sensibly and waved with my leg. great stuff i thought!
also i stop if i see a biker at the side of the road,even in my 40ton truck!
we need to stick together. we are one.
only one bad experience was when i started biking on the road in 1986 riding a fs1e 50(dont laugh we all started somewhere). stopped at a little chef in newtown,wales. went in and was told to leave because they dont accept bikers! not impressed and have'nt been to one since!
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I was just about to explain the footwave but Kevin has done so already above. I too have found the French "flics" quite reasonable even when I've been in the wrong. However, if anyone visits the Le Mans 24 hour races, then if you leave the area even at 8.00 am be prepared to be breathalysed; be careful if you had a bucketful the night before. The reasonableness vanishes then.
Last edited by Caminando; 14 Jul 2007 at 13:43.
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