Yesterday was a mixed day. We had a great round of golf out at Chantilly, but it was ruined on the way home by getting pulled over by the police for 'ignoring a priority to the right'.
For the uninitiated, this is an archaic road rule in France which dates back to the horse and cart, and allows, on occasion, traffic coming from minor roads, priority over traffic already on a major road. It's occasional just to confuse you, so it helps to know the area. So, when driving home, carefully obeying the speed limit, I had the misfortune to go through one of these (understand ... they are NOT always signed, you're just supposed to know). There was no car at the junction, but I was still supposed to give priority seemingly even though I was on a main road. We're NOT talking crossroads here; we're talking a very small side road feeding onto a main road. This is the craziest, most dangerous, intermittent road rule that I know. Even the French agree that it's not just silly, but downright dangerous on occasion. And here the police were sitting in an unmarked car (3 of them) reinforcing this ridiculous rule - and I get a fine for 90 euros. A blatant method of filling the coffers towards the end of the month. And, when looking at my driving licence - the policewoman looks at it, sees UK in the top corner and asks me if it's Ukranian. That didn't help, I can assure you!
How on earth do you give priority when there's no-one and nothing to give it to? This is a real headscratcher, to put it mildly. Yes, and a blatant coffer-filler. Makes me furious just thinking about it, all the way over here in Canada. But your daffodil is beautiful.
February 24th, 2016
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