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> The French government is slowly bringing its lockdown to a close from May 11, with cyclists allowed back onto the roads for the first time since March. To cl
by a3_nm 6y ago
> The French government is slowly bringing its lockdown to a close from May 11, with cyclists allowed back onto the roads for the first time since March.
To clarify, this is somewhat inaccurate: biking is permitted, and has always been permitted, during the French lockdown, as a judgment (in French) recently confirmed: https://www.conseil-etat.fr/actualites/actualites/le-gouvernement-doit-indiquer-publiquement-que-le-velo-est-autorise-durant-le-confinement https://www.conseil-etat.fr/actualites/actualites/le-gouvern....
Cyclists were just subject to the same restrictions as anyone else -- these restrictions were the same no matter the transportation means.
And yes, these measures should change by May 11, but the details are not confirmed yet.
- maelito 6y agoThe french "interior ministry" lied about cycling on twitter, saying you weren't allow to go out for your daily 1h by bike. The law never said that. All the newspapers relayed this lie without checking this fact.
- chippy 6y agothen one can expect that the population also believed it and social pressure enacted it?
- nraynaud 6y agoit's more like the police actually gave fines for it, and fighting a fine is a hassle. (in particular now, I don't think really can, probably have to wait fo re-opening).
- Signez 6y agoTo be fair, some newspapers did checked the information (like Libération's fact-checking service, CheckNews.fr – so did NextINpact, that are quite specialised in those kind of governement overreach), but it wasn't clear if that kind of decision was part of a reasonable interpretation of the law by the minister. The Conseil d’État clarified that it wasn't.