The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed 'Risky drivers' prompt historic hike in French road deaths France's mortality rate on the roads has increased for the second year in a row, something that hasn't happened for 35 years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160127/french-road-death-figures-see-historic-surge Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:31:05 +0100 french-road-death-figures-see-historic-surge Driver reports himself ‘lost’ on train tracks A motorist in southwestern France may be a late entrant for "understatement of the year", calling police on Thursday night to tell them he was “lost”, after driving drunk on train tracks for nearly two kilometres. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131227/drunk-driver-reports-himself-lost-on-train-tracks Fri, 27 Dec 2013 12:52:00 +0100 drunk-driver-reports-himself-lost-on-train-tracks