Bikes in the Fast Lane: Top Internet Stories - 29 June 2012 plus 2 more

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• Top Internet Stories - 29 June 2012
• France-Belgium: Bilateral Fine Exchange Starts
• France: Mandatory Breathalyzers - A Conflict of Interest?

Top Internet Stories - 29 June 2012 Posted: 29 Jun 2012 09:00 AM PDT Summer is here, or so they tell me. I spent more reading the internet than actually riding, since it's raining the whole time. Here are some interesting motorcycle related articles you may have missed. - Pinterest Not Manly Enough For Harley Davidson (Northwest Harley Blog) - Motorcycle Travel Photography (On Two Wheels) - Motorcycle Protest (Hustles in Brussels) ...

France-Belgium: Bilateral Fine Exchange Starts Posted: 29 Jun 2012 05:00 AM PDT Starting tomorrow, June 30th 2012, all speeding (and other) fines you incurred in either France or Belgium will be exchanged between the two neighboring countries. Foreign cars and motorcycles represent 25% of speed radar fines (while they only account for 5% of the traffic), and so far, they managed to escape without paying their fines. Last year, 400,000 speeding fines were made by Belgium-registered vehicles in France. Each country will have access to the other country's Motor Vehicle registration database. With that, they have your name and address (at least, if you motorcycle is in your name)........ .......Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

France: Mandatory Breathalyzers - A Conflict of Interest? Posted: 28 Jun 2012 11:00 PM PDT According to the very serious Sud-Ouest and Figaro newspapers, the new French law that makes it mandatory for all vehicles, cars, trucks & motorcycles, to carry an approved Breathalyzer, is starting to smell.... Most sane people, and even crazy people, are asking themselves why any government would make the carrying of Breathalyzers mandatory. If you're trying to cut down on DUI, then install ignition-disablers coupled to a Breathalyzer. But as it would seem that the leader of these alcohol testing units, Contralco (number 1 in the manufacturing and distribution in Europe of Breathalyzers), and the organization that convinced the government that it was a great idea, I-test, have someone in common.... Mr. Daniel Orgeval, a senior executive for the constructor, and president of the second. Contralco was doing badly financially.. ....Click on the headline to continue reading this story....... ...

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