2010-05-19/25 - Italy, including some of the Giro

Hi, i travel through france and spain regularly( weekly) and the new law is this:

FRANCE COMPULSORY ITEMS.
HIGH VIS VEST THAT MUST BE ACCESSIBLE TO DRIVER
SPARE BULB SET
WARNING TRIANGLE
GB STICKER(if you have a reg plate with GBin the euro stars then this is ok)
headlamp beam adjusters(stickers available from good motor shops or AA, or on board ferry)
ADVISED ITEMS BUT NOT COMPULSORY
FIRE EXTINGUISHER
FIRST AID KIT
HIGH VIS VEST FOR EACH PASSENGER CARRIED IN VEHICLE

SPAIN COMPULSORY ITEMS
HIGH VIS VEST FOR EVERY OCCUPANT OF VEHICLE
2 WARNING TRIANGLES
SPARE BULB SET
BEAM ADJUSTERS
GB STICKER

PLUS ADVISED ITEMS AS ABOVE.

French drivers crack me up. I had a small off in France and, before I had even stood up, a driver had pulled over, put on a beaming hi-viz jacket, erected a warning triangle and marched over to me with first aid kit. It was his time.

Greatly appreciated, the road kit did well.