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=== Police ===
I believe that the paragraph regarding law enforcement should be rewritten, as it has incorrect information and offers, in my opninin, bad advice. It is true that there are 3 main law enforcement agencies on a national level. This is about the only true information in this paragraph currently.
First, it implies that only the Douanes have the right to ask for an ID, and only if you are within 20km of the border. That is not correct : The other agencies have the authority to ask for for a proof of identity (an official ID, but it can also be a testimony from someone else). They can, and often do it anywhere on the territory, and you have to comply (see : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contr%C3%B4le_d%27identit%C3%A9_en_France#Les_modalit%C3%A9s_juridiques_du_contr%C3%B4le_d'identit%C3%A9).
If you keep that in mind, you can easily see why going all soveregin citize an only remaining silent and asking if you are free to go is not the best advice. What I wolud advise you to do if a patrol stopping by you is to keep calm, be polite and provide them a form of official ID if they ask for it (altough they never went that far with me). Most of the time, they will ask you where are you headed, maybe a few other vague questions, remind you that hitchhiking is illegal on the highways (even if you are not on a highway at the moment), wish you a nice day and drive away.
--[[User:Phalanxs|Phalanxs]] ([[User talk:Phalanxs|talk]]) 19:26, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
I heard the other day from someone from France that these days hitchhiking is forbidded?? Never experienced problems but it would be a good thing to keep in mind [[User:Robino|Robino]] 14:19, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
