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| Yellow waistcoat fines apply from today 1st October |
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| Wednesday, 01 October 2008 | |
| New road safety rules are to be enforced from today. The law requiring motorists to be equipped with yellow waistcoats for themselves and their passengers as well as a triangle is to be applied in full from today. The waistcoats must be inside the car so that they can be used before getting out in the event of a breakdown or an accident. Cyclists must also wear yellow waistcoats outside built up areas and in poor visibility. Fines of up to €135 can be imposed on the spot for failure to follow the rules. The law came into effect on 1 July but a period of grace was granted to allow sufficient stocks to be available in the shops. |
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| The Hackett Beaujolais Run 2008 |
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Jaguar Cars Ltd will celebrate sixty years of XK on the Hackett Beaujolais Run 2008. In a fitting competitive tribute, the 'Big Cats' will compete amongst a varied and spectacular field including everything from Morgan to Maserati. |
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| Ségolène by a whisker? |
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The French Socialists know they will be led by a woman. They will not know until tonight which one. The result will be very close. |
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| Simone Veil achieves immortality. |
| The 81 year old lawyer and politician has been elected at the first attempt to the ranks of the Académie Française known to the French as les immortels. | |
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| 70% of teachers on strike – maires resist child minding scheme. |
| The teachers are on strike in protest at the plan to “sedentarise” 3,000 of France’s 11,000 itinerant special needs teachers who operate Réseau d'Aide Spécialisée aux Élèves en Difficulté (RASED). Instead of moving from child to child, they will be based where there is a concentration of children with problems. Their pay will remain the same. | |
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