Can anybody tell me if there is a driving ban in France and Italy on Easter Monday
Cheers
yes
Oui, en France
Germany too.
God Botherers unite
Easter Monday 25th May 2011
The nails didn’t work.
FRANCE
1 January New Year’s Day
25 April Easter Monday
1 May Labour Day*
8 May Armistice 1945*
2 June Ascension
13 June Whitsun
14 July Bastille Day
15 August Assumption
1 November All Saints’ Day
11 November Armistice 1918
25 December Christmas Day*
ITALY
1 January New Year’s Day
6 January Epiphany
17 March 150th Anniversary of Italy’s Unity
25 April Easter Monday; Liberation Day
1 May Labour Day*
2 June Republic Day
15 August Assumption
1 November All Saints’ Day
8 December Immaculate Conception
25 December Christmas Day*
26 December Second Christmas Day
The Management of the Mont-Blanc Tunnel informs that owing to security exercise and continued maintenance work, the tunnel will be closed to traffic from 23 May, 22h30, to 24 May, 06h00. Furthermore, traffic in the tunnel will also be alternating from 21:45 to 06:00 on 2, 3, 4, 16, 18, 23, 24, 25 and 26 May 2011.
GERMANY
1 January New Year’s Day
22 April Good Friday
25 April Easter Monday
1 May Labour Day*
2 June Ascension
13 June Whit Monday
23 June Corpus Christi (only in Baden-Wurtemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North-Rhine Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saar)
3 October German Unification Day
31 October Reformation Day (only in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia)
1 November All Saints’ Day (only in Baden-Wurtemberg, Bavaria, North-Rhine Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saar)
25 December Christmas Day*
26 December St Stephen’s Day
BELGIUM (No Driving Ban)
1 January New Year’s Day
25 April Easter Monday
1 May Labour Day
2 June Ascension
12 June Whitsun
13 June Whit Monday
21 July National Day
15 August Assumption
1 November All Saints’ Day
11 November Armistice 1918
25 December Christmas Day
Regional holidays:
11 July Flemish community
27 September French-speaking community
15 November German-speaking community
11 July or 27 September Region of Brussels-Capital
NETHERLANDS (No Driving Ban)
1 January New Year’s Day
22 April Good Friday
24 April Easter Sunday
25 April Easter Monday
30 April Queen’s Birthday
5 May Liberation Day
2 June Ascension
12 June Whitsun
13 June Whit Monday
25 December Christmas Day
26 December Christmas holiday
SPAIN
National holidays
1 January New Year’s Day
6 January Epiphany
21 April Maundy Thursday (except Catalonia)
22 April Good Friday
1 May (Sunday) Labour Day
15 August Assumption
12 October National Day
1 November All Saints’ Day
6 December Spanish Constitution Day
8 December Immaculate Conception
25 December (Sunday) Christmas Day
Regional holidays
28 February Andalusia
1March Balearic Islands
19 March Castile La Mancha, Galicia, Melilla, Murcia, Valencia
23 April Aragon, Castile and Leon
25 April Balearic Islands, Catalonia, La Rioja, Navarra, Basque region, Valencia
2 May Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Cantabres, Ceuta, Estrémadue, Madrid, Murcia, Valencia
17 May Galicia
30 May Canary Islands
31 May Castile La Mancha
9 June Murcia, La Rioja
13 June Catalonia
23 June Castilla La Mancha, Madrid
24 June Catalonia
25 July Castile and Leon, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Navarra, Basque region
28 July Cantabres
8 September Asturias, Estrémadures
15 September Cantabres
25 October Basque region
6 November Ceuta
7 November Melilla
26 December all regions except Cantabres, Castila la Mancha, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Basque region, Valencia.
Good post Wheel nut 
you can’t drive in france between 2200 hours saturday and 2200 hours sunday, then 0700 hours monday to 2200 hours monday.
but the french can come here, and drive. so much for equality, and fare trade. 
limeyphil:
you can’t drive in france between 2200 hours saturday and 2200 hours sunday, then 0700 hours monday to 2200 hours monday.
but the french can come here, and drive. so much for equality, and fare trade.
Not just the French though is it? Many countries impose driving bans at weekends and holidays. We ought to do the same, in my opinion.
limeyphil:
you can’t drive in france between 2200 hours saturday and 2200 hours sunday, then 0700 hours monday to 2200 hours monday.
but the french can come here, and drive. so much for equality, and fare trade.
No, it’s not Fur 
You are not allowed to shoot a Scotsman on the Paris Peripherique but you can shoot at them inside the City of York. We need a level playing field
limeyphil:
you can’t drive in france between 2200 hours saturday and 2200 hours sunday, then 0700 hours monday to 2200 hours monday.
You can’t drive from 22:00 Sunday until 22:00 Monday.
The times of the restrictions in France are,
Saturdays and days prior to a public holiday: 10pm - midnight
Sundays and all public holidays: midnight - 10pm
That takes care of 22:00 - 00:00 Sunday evening and that takes care of Monday until 22:00.
You are thinking of the times for the German summer Saturday bans with your 07:00.
Am i correct in thinking you are OK with perishables on a fridgebox and also you can run up the corridor to Belgium fridgebox or not■■?/
RIPPER:
Am i correct in thinking you are OK with perishables on a fridgebox and also you can run up the corridor to Belgium fridgebox or not■■?/
You can run with some stuff on a fridge, there is a list somewhere.
You can run ‘the corridor’ to Belgium with anything apart from ADR.
Coffeeholic:
RIPPER:
Am i correct in thinking you are OK with perishables on a fridgebox and also you can run up the corridor to Belgium fridgebox or not■■?/You can run with some stuff on a fridge, there is a list somewhere.
You can run ‘the corridor’ to Belgium w_ith anything apart from ADR_.
Although that doesnt stop some people!!! 
limeyphil:
you can’t drive in france between 2200 hours saturday and 2200 hours sunday, then 0700 hours monday to 2200 hours monday.
but the french can come here, and drive. so much for equality, and fare trade.
Its fair enough. The French can’t drive in France either, well they can’t drive wherever they are come to think of it.
Just a quick question about labour day this year, seeing as labour day falls on a sunday, do the Frogs and Jerrys have an extra day on the Monday? And if so, is there a driving ban on Monday?
Thanks in advance
Stuart
In a word, no. And in another word, no.
If the holiday falls on a weekend, then tough ■■■■■. This also applies to Xmas and New Year.
I will be indulging in the traditional German 1st May pastime tomorrow and cycling off into the woods with some chums to get ■■■■■■■
Inselaffe:
In a word, no. And in another word, no.If the holiday falls on a weekend, then tough ■■■■■. This also applies to Xmas and New Year.
I will be indulging in the traditional German 1st May pastime tomorrow and cycling off into the woods with some chums to get ■■■■■■■
Don’t they also get naked in the woods■■? 
Okey-Didley-Dokely:
Inselaffe:
In a word, no. And in another word, no.If the holiday falls on a weekend, then tough ■■■■■. This also applies to Xmas and New Year.
I will be indulging in the traditional German 1st May pastime tomorrow and cycling off into the woods with some chums to get ■■■■■■■
Don’t they also get naked in the woods■■?
does sound a bit “iffy” doesn’t it
Okey-Didley-Dokely:
Don’t they also get naked in the woods■■?
Wouldn’t you like to know, bonny lad
Okey-Didley-Dokely:
Inselaffe:
In a word, no. And in another word, no.If the holiday falls on a weekend, then tough ■■■■■. This also applies to Xmas and New Year.
I will be indulging in the traditional German 1st May pastime tomorrow and cycling off into the woods with some chums to get ■■■■■■■
Don’t they also get naked in the woods■■?
I imagine it would depend on who your ‘chums’ are, and how close you are