Hello Rowan,
Two points that may be worth following up on:
1. Before we travelled Europe, I checked out the UK’s AA’s web site and found a heap of PDF documents describing the driving rules for various European countries ( European Driving : AA touring tips. Local rules and advice for European countries - The AA).
For FRANCE: Driving licence: Minimum age at which a UK licence holders may drive temporarily imported car 18, motorcycle (up to 80cc) 16, motorcycle (over 80cc) 18.
2. When we were in The Cahours area of southern France for a couple of weeks, we spent a bit of time with a couple of expat Brits who live there now. They run an enduro motorcycle hire business and one was saying that in France there is some old law that prevents people from having their “mobility” completely removed. He cited the case of a multiple drink driver who ended up resorting to a very small motorised buggy that they guy could still legally drive/ride, even though he was prevented from ever again driving legally a “normal” vehicle. I can’t be sure of the details, but apparently very small capacity machines of many variations are allowed. Now this may only be for French citizens but worth a check?
Cheers
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