Paris police have begun targeting redlight flashers on the streets at night, and it has more to do with prostitution than tail lights, The Telegraph reports.

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The latest clampdown involves two exotic areas at opposite ends of the city -- Bois de Boulogne and Vincennes -- where over time it has become customary at night for women and men dressed as women to "flash" drivers from beneath their coats.

However, former French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, intent on leaving his mark on culture as he builds momentum to run against President Jacques Chirac, is making it more difficult for the ladies of the night.

Prostitutes were ordered off all of the city's grand boulevards, sending them to the two "flashing districts." But phase two of the law means the Bois de Boulogne is now closed to vehicular traffic after dark, ending what le Parisien newspaper called the "dance of the headlights."

There was no indication of where the displaced flashers are now going.