Stoping to 'Render Aid' - France

[ojread2]

My other half is telling me it is law in France that, if you witness an accident (RTA) you MUST, by law, stop to render aid. I say he is wrong and there is no such law

I've done a lot of research into road laws in France and also Europe and have never come across this anywhere - anyone got a definitive answer?

TIA

[marval]

According to this website yes you do.

http://www.placesinfr..._holidays_france.html

It says

You also need to have a first aid kit and a fire extinguisher with you and because in France the law states that if you are the first on a scene of an accident, you must stop and provide assistance, and these may very well be required! And in the event of an accident you would need to call the police, which is accomplished by dialling 17 and they will also despatch an ambulance or the fire brigade if these are needed.

[milliezoe]

I lived in Germany for five years and you had to render aid by Law if you saw an RTA do not know the law in France suspect it is the same

[ojread2]

thank you

I knew about the first aid kit and so on and so forth - also need to take a spare pair of specs too - and how to call for assistance, high vis vests etc, it was just that specific law and I could not for the life of me find anything specific lol

I'll let him know he was half right =p

thanks again

[ABerrant]

These so-called "Good Samaritan Laws" are a moral concept that exists across much of Europe and omission of help is actually codified within Article 223-6 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure, such that...

"Anyone who, being able without risk to himself or to third parties to prevent by immediate action a felony or a misdemeanour against the bodily integrity of a person, wilfully abstains from doing so, is punished by five years' imprisonment and a fine of € 75,000.

The same penalties apply to anyone who wilfully fails to render to a person in danger any assistance which, without risk to himself or to third parties, he could render him either by his own action, or by initiating rescue operations."

http://www.legifrance...code_penal_textan.htm

A number of paparazzi were investigated for not rendering assistance during the events leading to the death of Lady Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997.