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How You Lose Your License In France

The more you get caught, the more points you get. Points are taken back after three years !

You start with 0 points on your license, and for every time they catch you, you get a certain number of points. Once you've reach 12 points, you loose your driving license.

It is possible to deduct some points by going to a special "sensitivity" training day. This can only be done once. You can reduce half the points you've got with one of these trainings.

You can loose your license for three years, and then you need to pass your tests again, something not that easy.

So here's a recap on what they'll do when they catch you....i.e., here's the points you get for doing something stupid..

1 Point
Partially driving over a continuous white line
Driving 20 kilometers over the speed limit

2 Points
Driving 20 - 30 kilometers over the speed limit
Accelerating while being taken over by another vehicle
Driving or stopping on the island sections between roads on an autoroute
Using a telephone with your hands
Using a radar detector

3 Points
Driving in the left lane while not passing
Driving over a continuous white line
Changing lanes or direction without assuring that there is no danger
Overtaking dangerously
Not respecting the legal distance between vehicles
Stopping or parking dangerously
Stopping/Parking at night or during bad weather, when there is no outside lights, and not turning on your own parking lights
Driving on the autoroute emergency lane
Not having your seat-belt on
On a motorcycle, not having a helmet, or wearing a non-homologated helmet
Driving outside the restrictions of your driving license

4 Points
Not giving priority (cars, pedestrians)
Not stopping at a Stop sign, or a red light
Driving 40-50 kilometers over the speed limit
Driving at night or in fog without adequate lights
Driving backwards on an autoroute
Driving the wrong way on a one-way street

6 Points
Driving 50 kilometers over the speed limit
Driving with more than 0.5 gr/liter of alcohol in the blood
Involuntary manslaughter, or involuntary corporal wounding another driver so they can never work again
Refusing alcohol testing
Hit & Run
Refusing to stop when summoned by the authorities
Hindering traffic
Using fake license plates
Driving under influence of drugs

So if you've drunken 2 glasses of wine, driving through a tunnel without your lights on while driving 25 kph over the limit..... you've just lost your driving license for three years !! Nasty !!!

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