Peut-être est-ce que je traverse ma crise de la quarantaine.
Maybe I'm going through a midlife crisis.
Pour garder l'image: l'Europe connaît sa crise de la quarantaine.
To keep the image, Europe is experiencing a midlife crisis.
Au Royaume-Uni, ce ne sont pas tant les jeunes motards qui posent problème que les hommes d’âge mûr, comme moi, en pleine crise de la quarantaine qui s’achètent une grosse cylindrée et se tuent.
That is why I followed the debate on age limits with concern, but fortunately it resulted in the acceptance of a certain amount of flexibility. In Italy, for instance, youngsters can ride mopeds from the age of 14, and several studies have shown that that is not the age group at greatest risk.