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Driving in France: Accident Damaged Vehicles
New regulations have been introduced to increase the level of control on vehicles damaged in a road accident.
In future, any car or light van involved in an accident that is deemed to be unroadworthy by an expert assessor will not permitted back on to the public highway until a further independent inspection of the damage repair has been carried out.
The aim of the reform is to reinforce the detection of those vehicles involved in an accident that may later be taken onto the public highway following repair of the damage, but which may still be unsafe to drive.
For the time being motorbikes and heavy goods vehicles have also been excluded from the regulations, although it is anticipated they will also later be required to submit to the same procedures.
Many similar proposals are being introduced across the EU, in compliance with EU directives, although it seems France has made its own particular interpretation of the requirements.
The law already provides that where a police officer attending an accident considers a vehicle unsafe to drive, then the vehicle can be immobilised and the registration certificate (certificat d'immatriculation) withdrawn.
http://www.french-property.com/news/french_life/driving_france_accident/
New regulations have been introduced to increase the level of control on vehicles damaged in a road accident.
In future, any car or light van involved in an accident that is deemed to be unroadworthy by an expert assessor will not permitted back on to the public highway until a further independent inspection of the damage repair has been carried out.
The aim of the reform is to reinforce the detection of those vehicles involved in an accident that may later be taken onto the public highway following repair of the damage, but which may still be unsafe to drive.
For the time being motorbikes and heavy goods vehicles have also been excluded from the regulations, although it is anticipated they will also later be required to submit to the same procedures.
Many similar proposals are being introduced across the EU, in compliance with EU directives, although it seems France has made its own particular interpretation of the requirements.
The law already provides that where a police officer attending an accident considers a vehicle unsafe to drive, then the vehicle can be immobilised and the registration certificate (certificat d'immatriculation) withdrawn.
http://www.french-property.com/news/french_life/driving_france_accident/
