THE TELEGRAPH: A woman has been fined for driving while wearing a burka because the garment "reduced her field of vision".
Police stopped the Muslim woman during routine drink-drive checks on motorists in Louvroil, northern France.
The Islamic driver had not been drinking but instead officers issued her with a £17 fine for breaking road safety rules.
Two months ago, a separate woman was pulled over in Nantes, western France, for driving in a full face veil and also fined.
The latest incident comes as French MPs prepare to vote on whether to impose a full ban on wearing burkas and niqabs later this year.
Moves to ban the burka in France come after a year of heated national debate and mounting public tensions over the issue.
Last month, France's reported its first known case of 'burka rage', when a female lawyer ripped off a Muslim woman's veil in a bust-up in a clothes shop.
And last year a Muslim woman took her local council to court after she was banned from wearing a 'burqini' swimsuit at her local pool for 'hygiene reasons'. >>> | Thursday, June 03, 2010
