Belgium trip 20/07/18

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Re: Belgium trip 20th July 2018

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I'd check on the necessity of carrying breathalysers; I am sure the French police dropped that rule since it was unworkable.
Also, I am certain the requirement for reflective helmet stickers in France is four: one each at front and back and one on each side which is the reason they come in packs of four on Amazon, for example.

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Reading this gives the impression Sat Navs and Bluetooth phones are out if using earpods but helmet stickers are not needed
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Re: Belgium trip 20th July 2018

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Sat navs are out if they have speed/safety camera function turned on
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We did Ostend last trip and tbh it was a bit bleak took hours just to find a cafe :D

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The Bern wrote:Sat navs are out if they have speed/safety camera function turned on
Only for the French bit. Legal in Belgium.
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Re: Belgium trip 20th July 2018

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In Ostend there's very good m/c parking alongside the harbour, above the underground car-park. If you park there you will see several cafes in the adjacent square.
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Daveyd wrote:
The Bern wrote:Sat navs are out if they have speed/safety camera function turned on
Only for the French bit. Legal in Belgium.
All, except the very old and those that have not been updated for some considerable time, are legal in France. All modern (last 5 years?) sat navs don't show actual speed camera exact locations. They do warn you when you are in a speed camera/ safety camera 'area' though. They are legal. Normally chime up probably a kilometer or so before the actual camera location has been my experience. Normally co-incides with the advance warning of speed cameras. Oh, and unlike this country, when you see a camera warning in France, you WILL get a camera - no false warnings.
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The Bern wrote:Sat navs are out if they have speed/safety camera function turned on
If you turn the sat nav off before the gendarme gets to you all is good. They have no powers to turn it back on to see if camera warnings are functioning.

Having said that you've really got to have ticked somebody off (speeding usually) as gendarmes are so pro bike it's embarrassing.

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That was one of my Favourite trips we did. Looking forward to this one.

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hi all
well if im fit & well i will be on the belgium trip i will be camping .I was on that site with eric thanks for the wales trip it was good exept for the rain & midges ill have a spray next time
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