A woman in Brittany was slapped with a €35 ($45) fine after police spotted her driving her car wearing a full-face veil.
The woman, who was visiting family in the north-west coastal town of Saint-Brieuc, was wearing the face-covering niqab, reported daily newspaper 20 Minutes.
Police stopped the woman who "seemed hesitant in her driving," said local police spokesman Laurent Dufour.
"On closer inspection, they realized she was veiled," he said.
"This is an issue of skill, safety and visibility," said Dufour.
He compared driving with a full face veil to driving a car with ice on the windscreen, eating a sandwich or smoking a cigarette. [The Local] Read more
