Obama arrives in France!
Cathedral labyrinths and mazes in France using the metal in the construction of the Gothic cathedral.
Germans in France destruction of the Cathedral during the French Revolution, a subsidiary page to the Germans in France.
Transporter bridges in France and 2 in the world focus on Portugalete, Chicago, first working Rochefort Martrou Gustave Eiffel Eiffel Bridge, Bordeaux fifth bridge to come Bordeaux bridge Chaban-Delmas, a new vertical lift bridge.
Ile de France, Paris as part of Abelard and French cathedrals short biography of Pierre Abélard.
Pic du Midi - stargazing well, Carcassonne A64, A61 fortified World Heritage City.
The forest as seen by Francois Mauriac, and today Landes, places and the roundabout of game time Landes art.
You land in France by car ferry or train, you are very likely on highways for a while since your first experience Anticipate Prepare food is probably better in supermarkets that everything you bring with you.
Depending on when you land if you do not want to give money to shysters, so enough fuel to enable you to reach where you plan to shop first Channel ports have all supermarkets, but centers malls North commercial are generally a little shabby OK to the table fast edge through the duty free, good for a stop if you can afford the time and do not mind the hassle Or you can plan to advance, carrying enough fuel to get to your first extra option on the motorway, a supermarket just outside a town next to the highway to the price of road fuel in France.
So to find this vital supermarket, elusive filled with fuel cheaper and decent food You must know the names of many of the major chains Carrefour, Leclerc, Geant Casino and Auchan, Super U, Intermarch, Champion; so look for their road signs.
Almost all major cities has a ring road, or Bypass often plundered by vast human apiaries for the poorest homes rent r or HLM mod classes - accommodation modest rent, but enlivened with billboards and large complexes of retail , various department stores often live to coffee s sides, do-it-yourself DIY, garden centers Gardener, many small shops and, of course, the reduced price service station.
The French idea of signs is rather sloppy and idiosyncratic, 5 minutes 5 minutes left right or left right Well, that depends in some way your speed, doesn t, and they mean on that road or turn right Expect navigation messing around until you locate the gold mine, not to mention always eager as you dither drivers.
Another favorite game is that when you want to turn left on traffic coming the other way, you must first turn right and then double back Happy hunting.
How the French often look through the oncoming traffic.
Finally, you will find the supermarket, not unlike English channels, but often much broader called Hypermarch s or large areas and with a much wider range of goodies They are a bit cheaper than Britain, especially when the book is relatively strong at the end 2014, it is the euro that is still overvalued.
Another wonder of French signposting concerns accelerate the French government, aided by speed cameras is now COLLAGE driver left, right and everywhere to reduce fatal road accidents and, of course, make more money Despite this, county and municipal governments prefer to try to instruct drivers to drive slower in signing an example seen on a road with a speed limit of 110 kph.
As you can see, the relative sizes of disks, these signs are less than 100 meters off the main road, I'm not surprised that they haven t put a radar trap here.
To find your way around cities is often not simple 5 You will often find you drive in circles, trying to garner the directions of their forriners who usually do not speak English too Of course, all the roads are in a bad way road signs ain t big, 6 and the french can not drive no, they can not seriously.
France has twice the size of the entire United Kingdom to spread the same population, but until recently, they still managed to kill twice as many people The moment my wheels touch France, I drop my full speed 10-15 mph no, I'm not kidding, the french are not only dangerous drivers, they are widely and generally incompetent drivers.
It is for this reason, and associated with the French problem to turn around the traffic coming the other way, there is more and more roundabouts and SYST my multiple, roundabouts linking the roundabouts-point, round bridges and viaducts .
Many French cities are very crowded which can make parking a major problem, especially if you do not know your way Most French drive around tiny little carriages, parking spaces are largely designed to accommodate this type of vehicle If you are renting a car and expect to spend much time in the cities, you should consider the possibility to reserve a small car.
Incidentally, the odd priority right rule still exists in France, a Gallic logic piece created supposedly to regulate that begins when two or more roads meet, except those who sign below, the driver leaving the road to the right at an intersection has priority to go through this first intersection, or even turn off the road so you can find a driver stops on a highway to allow a waiting car on a secondary road right from the main road to turn over most road 7 in addition, the French car will surprise you by jumping on secondary roads and roundabouts before you, on the basis of having the priority of law priorities right.
You must learn to recognize this sign on the road with this sign, drivers have priority when going through intersections or turn off the road, there is also a version with a line through it, meaning that road does not have priority, these are cars coming from the right on this road have priority.
No priority sign is the sign to make your cool in the back.
You are driving on a road with a priority; surely a skull and crossbones would be more appropriate.
Roundabouts are generally exempt from this rule cars must not only hunt on the roundabout on the basis that they are right cars that are already going round quite often they do - note the give-e Passag give signs so.
Those crazy priority signs, a clear positive sign to tell you that idiots can not jump out of your right and a negative that has a line cancellation through say that other drivers can jump in front of you seem to have been developed developed by French bureaucrats trying to fix the mess they had done previously with the general priority right rule.
Today, I had a driver stop on a main road to let me out of a side street, with the screeching of brakes usually others try to stop behind him; while a considerable percentage jump regularly on roundabouts against traffic coming the other way, no doubt, the authorities can not admit to this incredible foul-up, so I refer you to my original opinion drop your speed France and recognizing the french just can not drive - assuming you want to live.
To reassure you, it can become even more confused you can see one of these signs and skull-crossbone with a number such as 400 m in a block below the sign It is not entirely clear if this means that the dreaded sign applies to the next four hundred meters, or 400 meters will apply time for who knows how long here, you may be expected to use your initiative My answer is to switch to dual mode terrified and pray with force, without, of course, taking my eyes Mayhem probably planning pilots.
The priority right rule, known in English as the nearside rule was adopted by the International Convention of Paris Motor in 1926 and confirmed in Geneva in 1949 and Vienna in 1968.
The priority rule right began in Paris, instigated in 1910 by a Police Commissioner, ML pine Before that, the priority rules of the road were very complicated, right of way given by the social rank of each passenger Thus it is said that passengers had to get off a coach to compare their credentials and decide who would go first, according to the degrees of nobility.
The Italians are crazy, but good drivers; the French are generally just stupid Spaniards live somewhere between No discipline in the usual way that you see in Britain; wandering through the white lines is optional As you drive on the other side of the road, you may well have an instinct to go the other way around a roundabout or pull the now outmoded side If the road you are used to driving a continental drive vehicle, with the left hand, you will have much more to deal with over this so if you want to live, drop your speed and drive lots more defensive than most sane people drive, even in great Britain.
Perhaps this will begin to change now, because even the French central government has had enough and cracking very low on the situation They bring speed cameras 7 and are already becoming quite lively as it is realized how the money can be made of them a series of spot fines is now enthusiastically applied for the most trivial offenses and creative, for example 80 to forget to turn off your fog lights France is highly decentralized, and so local police get creative lurked a recent example in a side road with a white line in a village almost deserted and watch to make sure the wheels of a car exiting completely stopped before continuing - another nice little earner if you are arrested, you'd better hope that the cOP has his quota for the day or is a more important target.
Another creative offense worthy to impose a fine and deduction of points is not to use the direction indicator turning or overtaking, even almost empty on a double track, and enable or disable a roundabout Due of this, the French leave their neurotic indicator is when driving on the outer lanes of a highway to show they are still invading and indicate when they will return to the inner lane.
Another of neuroticism French finickety is only the parking spaces oriented in the direction of travel will be even fifty euros, sir - ker-ching It is important to realize that people from abroad, or other french department, are a delicious source of income without pain, subsidize local taxes.
In good weather during the tourist season, it is common to see policemen like flies around collecting roundabouts - so much better and more profitable than being locked inside.
While highways are generally good, my impression is that they have narrower lanes, but I never checked Once you are off the highways, road quality varies considerably France is much more decentralized than the UK, so each local authority local municipality makes its decisions that means you can be tootling along a road with a good well maintained surface and suddenly, without warning, the quality can drop dramatically as you move from one town to another.
Rushing a highway, or even a small road, you may suddenly be confronted by a man in a hard hat waving a red flag Slam on the brakes, hope you don t fool or slip behind RAM doesn t you - tailgating is happening -time popular in France to discover that the man is actually a metal robot with a movable arm, articulated just there for decoration It is not a panicked Frog signaling a major accident.
A distinct aversion to cat eyes not invented here, or saver or white lines This, of course, makes night driving more difficult than necessary, especially when the narrow side road grades anonymously off the grass and a ditch.
Verges and deep ditches in the shade on a main road newly re-paved At the moment there is a temporary warning sign dangerous banks, but this danger continues right into the distance.
This image is in full sun, however, in damp, dark conditions the contrast between the road and the point is very poor.
Ill-defined shoulders along a country road, where the shoulders down to the ditch Traces of truck tires can be seen in the muddy point, as the tarmac to start breaking the road border in vehicles maneuver to pass another.
Note that, as the boundary between the road and not be marked point, there is no central marking on the narrow road.
I saw, on a large black and yellow road sign, no road markings in English no horizontal signal, which is no white lines it took me an age to work what he meant.
See how white central lines and white lines along the road depleted beyond the triangular sign.
No, I'm not kidding Post your speed at 10 MPH, and live longer.
In France, you pay through the nose for most motorways highways there are some free highways around major cities and northern France, but there is great joy and luxury that comes with that cost a huge variety of more areas on motorways and motorway areas more interesting areas, the introduction also available in the menu at the top of this page.
Response to a frequently asked question The distance from Bordeaux to the Spanish border is about 120 miles 200 km You drive on the A63.
1 January 2015 the fuel prices drop increased taxes.
While crude oil prices fell in 2014, fuel prices have fallen 17 July for diesel diesel in English and 14 September, 95 gasoline octane Is this the real reason why the French government has pushed again the fuel tax, rather than the official reduction of air pollution.
80 of the French vehicles use diesel fuel, and be more efficient than gasoline cars, they use less fuel 20 making hollow claims rather than diesel is more polluting Of course, there are still a small number of ancient, highly polluting diesel veheicles about, but most prefer to exchange for more efficient, and less polluting, more recent models.
From 1 January 2015 all vehicle fuel prices increase by 2 4 cents per liter, including VAT, an increase is called as carbon tax In addition, diesel will increase by 2 cents per liter, making total diesel increase April 4 cents per liter is said that the additional part of the tax is increased to compensate for the fall of the eco-tax or environmental tax on trucks.
The environmental tax was to be charged on heavy heavy duty vehicles - PL, the initial plan was to record the movements of heavy vehicles on non-motorway roads, then send the bills to a tax on road per kilometer.
173 expensive gantries with cameras were set up to save the heavyweights movements, detecting mandatory black box installed in the truck cab, however, riots, roadblocks and beaded trucks Snails demos - snails on the main roads during 2014 forced to abandon the tax now, the government is wary of upsetting commercial drivers more targeted taxes only on them.
The government had been in a legal battle with the gantry manufacturers on canceling their contract it specified the manufacturers were to receive part of the revenue to be generated in the payment to pay the bill for the construction The conclusion of this battle is that the french government will pay 839 million overall 580-590000000 in February 2015 and 30 million per year for 10 years Under the agreement to pay the salary for a year with 220 employees laid off white-collar workers, many of Hade took mortgages on the basis of an excellent salary funded by the Government, however, this can not be the end of the story since the company concerned, Ecomouv said revenues would have been 2 billion over 10 years update, in February 2015 the final amount to be repaid is a little less than a billion euros to 969 million euros another reason pr ix fuel will not fall to their natural level cuurent.
The Minister for Ecology, Royal S gol No 3 of the Government and former long-term partner of the unpopular president Fran Hollande proposed that these unsightly Gantry is now used by the gendarmerie and customs at extra cost, rather than be dismantled at a suggested cost between 7 and 13 million.
Prices of roadside service stations and French motorway are higher than those in supermarkets.
With the United States producing more oil with their unwanted United States byproduct of diesel, diesel has actually dropped in price recently, but it was after being pushed up to nearly 1 for 30 l new year the battle continues between the government of trying to reduce the level of conduct by imposing over global crude markets resulting crude falling, and therefore the price of fuel for consumption.
White Price seen on the road, the last date price in gray, purple ones.
prices calculated in the UK on January 1 1 1 17134 11023.
Note that the differential between the supermarket and highway fuel prices vary over time.
The higher cost of diesel diesel in service stations along French road, and more to those highway You can now save 15-20 by buying supermarket, compared to the motorway fuel stations or about a penny a mile, buying supermarket February 4.
But if you drive on toll highways, tolls will cost you more than 10 cents per thousand 3 about two-thirds the cost of fuel, but see the update on motorway tolls, in January of 2011.
Due to recent increases in fuel prices, motorway tolls are now a smaller proportion of the overall cost of highway driving, obviously, the monetary cost to go by the highway is always higher than travel by roads main.
Thus, driving on French toll motorways is just a luxury Some highways are tolled, especially around large cities and in the north of France.
However, driving long distances across France off highway can be very tiring and boring - which winds through the village after village, and the cramped cities and overcrowded There are long periods where overtaking is difficult and for trucks logging are routine, it can add much time to your trip, without nerves or improve the mood to add to the fun, considering the French standard signature in large cities without bypass is too easy to lose, especially at night when you will pay much driving on motorways, you can also constant speeds and more direct routes have 10-20 save on fuel costs.
information on the historical price is at the end Note 9 below for reference.
Use a large road atlas as the one published by Michelin for planning your preliminary trip Once you have determined the general route, use the online planners who can provide detailed information about distances, costs of toll and fuel and the location of speed cameras.
For more cards, use Geographic Institute of blue maps of the national series IGN IGN is the French equivalent of the investigation of the Ordinance on cards Blue Series 1 UK are 25,000 or 1 cm to 250 m Cards can be purchased in a local newspaper shop or supermarket Press However, this is a hit, especially for high-scale versions because these places usually take cards for them.
Mappy is an excellent, if a little awkward, online route planner It also gives you the ability to check your tolls for using motorways.
Map24 is another online route planning website with several interactive installations Java powered Although French for the map of France, map24 is most of the time intuitive to use and can even be fun, you can check the map in related to your chosen route varying degrees of three-dimensional 3-D VIEW, like flying low above the earth amount of zoom can be changed almost too easily zOOM; whereas when at least one intermediate waypoint is specified, it can select the portion of the path to study NAVIGATION.
A total of 111 cameras are now commissioned This will increase to 200 by the end of 2015, and another 500 in 2016.
Most cameras are existing cameras that have their software upgraded a result, the cost of the new system is reported to only 15,000.
These cameras are introduced now because the number of road deaths increased again, however, only a quarter of fatal road accidents are caused by speeding, so these cameras seem more slots machine jackpot pay in the prevention of accidents devices a French magazine to drive researched, and found that 52 speed cameras are not placed in accident-prone areas Why well, they do not make as much money in the accident-prone areas cameras blinks 4,774 times in one year, while those in non-accident-prone areas will blink 12,000 times.
There are more than 9 million automatic traffic cameras operating in France If a vehicle is flashed, computer systems traffic control must coordinate with other data systems containing details and driver's vehicle in order to refine and deduct points according to a government report, 46 offenders have no points deducted If a person is driving a company car, the most society often pays the fine There is a probability that 12 later, driver will be charged Finally, a good percentage of cases fail for technical reasons.
Remember, it is always good to drive at a moderate speed, for both your nerves and help reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.
Starting today, all systems Alerters radar and GPS, such as TomTom, which can alert the user to an approach speed camera must be updated to indicate danger zones, rather than the fine individual cameras for the use of such a machine that has not been updated is 1500 and the loss of 6 points on your driving license.
A danger zone and warning alerters and GPS, can begin to 2 km before any camera Their length can be 300 meters, 2 km or 4 km danger zones can be.
Where there are particular dangers - a dangerous bend, crossing, traffic jams, road construction.
Until your GPS is up to date, disable radar camera detection system Then you can update your GPS software later if you are stopped by police or gendarmes, you must be able to present a certificate that you machine has been updated, if it be considered a radar detector and you will be responsible for that purpose in 1500 and the withdrawal of 6 points.
For more information about the English translation of web page TomTom TomTom French for Garmin users, on their website, customers are encouraged to update their GPS for free.
On April 5, 2012, there are 2,765 hazardous areas with cameras, 15742 239 other dangerous areas very accident-prone areas, but the danger zones are being selected by Pr fet departments and can be quite arbitrary They say they increase 50 or more per month.
It supplanted now see 9 April 12 update above, if locators radar can not be used, even as additional GPS speedometers gadgets can be used provided they have been updated to show areas danger, rather than radar cameras.
1000 educational detectors installed near the speed sensors will be a large sign indicating the speed of the timed just car drivers aware of their speed yet, there are no penalties associated with these signs.
There are now educational speed signs that show your speed These signs are often two lanes or other major roads.
Speed indicated is very unreliable in this case, the speed being driven was about 75 kph Note that sometimes there is a speed camera shortly after the speed sign Heaven knows if radars are also unreliable.
In addition to these sensors and instantaneous speed cameras, there are also installed remote radar measured speed of the flash until the car's license plate number of a driver and the words too fast too quickly Up now these gantry signs are run by motorway concession companies for the training of drivers is expected later in 2016, that remote time speed sensors controlled by the government will start to be implemented with speed bonding capabilities associated it is not known whther these detectors inform drivers that their soeed was recorded It is intimidating the driver part.
May 2011 proposed ferocious hardening driving strictures in France.
It was announced in the French newspapers in September 2011, many proposed new rules to punish bad drivers these new strictures, no doubt, help Nicholas Sarkozy in the race for the next presidential election in 2012, while greatly increased fines would help the French Treasury, which, like so many others suffered in the current financial malaise Increased stress on speed also monitor fuel consumption.
Signs prior warning radar cameras off the road, whether for fixed or mobile cameras also, by the end of 2012, 1000 other radars to be deployed, including 3rd generation mobile radars of cars traveling between the traffic on the road.
Gadgets warning radar sites to prohibit, like those made by Coyote Wikango or Inforad, although it is unclear how it will ask the GPS that also give safety cameras.
The government no longer publish maps of the location of the cameras.
Fines for speeds greater than 50 kph above the speed limit to incur a heavy fine 3750, a prison and a loss of 6 points.
The use of mobile phones while driving is illegal, although the headsets will still be allowed.
Stopping on the shoulder of the band urgency now forbidden, attracting 135 fine.
And do not forget that wearing a fluorescent vest is now mandatory if you're on the road outside your car.
In 2006, the contradictory frequent, wrong place road signs have even made aware of the new French television and the government Now it's official, you can expect to see consecutive 70kph speed signs, 90kph, 50kph in a few hundred meters yards from each other.
In contrast, French radars are well aware - everything has changed, see above Even if we had been informed that the major important signs below will be phased out, this does not happen, so drivers should qtill keep look at the sight of such a sign Although the location of every speed camera is identified more by the French Government on their websites maps, information can be If you generate a route using Mappy locate it pretty near where there are radars on your route.
In addition, various groups provide motorists in general by region following such website fixed radar camera that is maintained to other related pages, do a search on the roads France radar map.
French road sign warning of a speed camera before being removed now.
However, although the warning signs is important, the following camera is often placed discreetly - under a bridge, behind a road barrier near a planting roadside cameras fixed noted that French also are not set on high media as the UK, but are attached to a short bracket to the ground There is no reason for France to receive a speeding ticket from a fixed camera, signs like the one pictured above are very important and usually several hundred yards in front of the camera - a sign and make damn sure your speed is comfortably below the local speed limit You can even enjoy watching cars rush past which are then flashed by the camera.
French fixed radar radar front left of the vehicle photographs; rear of the vehicle good photos.
In addition to the 1000 fixed cameras on French roads, installed since October 2003, there are also many mobile devices used by policemen These can be set up along the road, or looking back a car of the police estate These cameras should also be signed by a smaller, mobile warning sign Remember the cops are there to meet the goals and make money so they can forget to sign.
French radar send two photos and accompanying data to a central processing point that has been evaluated as the driver accelerated, automatically sends documents requesting the fine.
Fines are on sliding scale depending on the amount exceeding the local speed limit the car would You should also know that fines are accompanied by a deduction of one or more points driving license, again on a scale mobile.
If you receive such a request, it must be paid first with the amount doubled in case of delay and any dispute may be later.
However, as a foreign visitor, you may well avoid payment of a fine, unless you are caught by a policeman that requires immediate good road, or unless your car is registered in another country of the EU has a bilateral agreement.
To speed limits in town, the delimiter is the name plate of the city Leaving the city there is another plate with a black diagonal line through the name This marks a return to the road speed limit.
In some villages, the speed limit goes right up to 30 km h or even 20 km h.
Euroland is gradually shifting to mutual recognition and shared data recording storage vehicle registration The first countries that move toward such arrangements are Germany, Holland, Spain This will be complete when the proposed European driving license is in place.
April 2010 permission was given for 3,000 more surveillance cameras installed in cities French police use to monitor wrongdoings by drivers, in particular stopping or parking in illegal places cities become more crowded with traffic and parking is often reduced to provide more pedestrian areas, find a place to stop is more painful note that fines may be 2000 or more.
The pollution of disks needed from 2017, from Paris.
Since early 2017, a new requirement will deploy to reduce air pollution caused by cars - the oldest and, in particular, those who pilots diesel engines display Crit stickers Air to show how polluting car, different colors on the stickers indicating the level of the most polluting cars pollution not sticker While this requirement is still voluntary, cities with significant pollution problems require the stickers soon, especially Paris, Lyon and Grenoble.
Air pollution, in particular of fine particles and nitrogen oxides, is blamed for 2500 deaths per year in Paris and 5500 through France, a larger number are also mentioned.
CRIT stickers Air, which costs 3 60 plus postage 4 total 80 are available from a government website in English The application is distributed over several pages, which require more details on registration of vehicle and a copy of the updated certificate of registration certificate must be downloaded as a pNG file, or less than 400 KB in size.
Note that after the order, the sticker may take 6 weeks to arrive in the UK However, French officials say that showing a printed copy of the email confirming the purchase of a sticker will be enough to show the police if the car is stopped.
The categories are divided into car petrol gasoline and diesel, and then when the car was first registered receives a license plate.
Paris enters a new phase of its plan to fight against pollution of 15 January 2017, it will become the first TPZ restricted zone in France Vehicles circulating in Paris must be equipped with an air quality certificate, Crit Air, created by the Ministry of Ecology and sustainable development, that is to say a sticker indicating their level of pollution All vehicles are concerned, without exception, including those with disabilities and foreign vehicles.
All cars, vans, motorcycles and trucks entering central Paris, the periph RIQUE the main ring road around Paris and Wood are not affected between 8 00 20 00 Monday to Friday, should have a Crit Air sticker otherwise, the driver is likely to be fined up to 65 cars and 135 trucks There are no exceptions for foreign cars, even if just While in Paris on the way to somewhere else.
This, in addition to trucks, buses and coaches registered before1st October 2001, gasoline and diesel cars registered before 31 December 1996, and motorcycles and motor vehicles of the same registered before May 31, 2000 being banned all together.
From 1 July 2017, the prohibition of circulation applies to diesel and light commercial vehicles with Euro 2 sticker placed in service before 1 January 2001 - no new ban for petrol vehicles before that date and heavy vehicles euro 3 sticker registered before 1 October 2006.
This site in French but quite intuitive to use provides comparative price fuels for each department, or cities within a department, and the price on each highway highway It also indicates price movements.
On the basis of about 45 miles per gallon, or 10 miles per liter.
Distribution of vehicle fuel prices after January 1st, translated 2015 of the diagram.
Motorway tolls are often raised, about 50 more in recent years because the tolls cost almost as much as the fuel you will use on the motorway section of your trip, your expenses to travel on highways can be almost as much as double the amount you paid to the note of the pump increasing fuel prices in 2011 are now ahead of the increase in toll prices if the tolls are not a large proportion of the costs of driving the highway, well that they have increased considerably in 2010-2011.
Remember, the difference will change according to the current exchange rate.
Getting lost is too easy This is quite common in France because the French authorities often seem to be allergic to the arrows pointing up to the right mustn advance t point - it's rude, and you point to God or is it logical Descartian Going up is impossible.
directional road signs in France are not defined in the standard, say, the UK There is a real preference for putting road signs.
Facing the opposite direction to the way you go so, for example, two roundabouts round circuits are required.
And after all that is signed is required if traceback.
Using the most obscure village name instead of that of the nearest big city.
In a French driving lesson, a yak said slowing to a virtual standstill on each side road to the right that has not had a painted white line through it indicating that drivers on the secondary road must stop before passing biggest After slowing road, yak had to look right, on the side of road, to ensure that there was no car there about to demand to be allowed before the yak could advance.
Here's a page with links to maps of speed cameras positions in France in general and in the Paris region, and a verbal list of positions, and placed all the time There is also a French FAQ Mappy route in calculator line and give the highway toll, shows the positions of fixed speed cameras on routes calculated There are also versions and mounted on portable vehicles that the government's plan and Mappy can not show technology are also introducing Goverment to nab you for traveling too close less than 2 seconds apart.
Price evolution in diesel diesel supermarkets in France since 2001.
historical information and figures for the base gasoline is almost the same price as in the UK, but diesel is about 25 cheaper Well, it is in supermarkets 8.
Fuel Purchasing supermarket is about 15-20 cheaper than on highways 1 you save, perhaps, the equivalent of up to 1p per mile if you use the supermarket petrol and diesel you can save most of 3p per mile compared to UK prices in July 2004 2.
But if you drive on toll highways, tolls will cost about a mile 8p 3 about the same as the cost of fuel.
From 1 July 2008, it is a legal requirement linked page in French that vehicles on the roads in France are equipped with at least one reflector, dayglo vest high visibility kept readily accessible in the part of the occupants of the vehicle, and not in the startup Reasonably safe, you'd have one for each occupant Often they wore back seat for easy access.
A reflective triangle warning to put about 30 meters from the car or, if necessary, it is mandatory to use the triangle on the highway unless it could put the driver's life in danger If you aren t sure , don t - close to race cars and trucks is too dangerous Yes, the contradiction is common in French law to wait behind the safety barrier of the highway away from your car Turn on the hazard lights if available.
The fine for non-compliance is either 135, but remains at 135, if found guilty of two charges linked page in French If necessary, the fine is reduced to 90 for prompt payment Note that in Spain, two of these triangles are needed.
Note, it was canceled was really a ridiculous law, however, we leave the information as a reminder of how the French bureaucracy subjugates the right direction at least one breathalyzer kit However, the highway code recommends that zFor drivers who choose disposable breathalyzer, it is advisable to be in possession of two breath tests a test and a back-up kits should be left to run, and not used in accordance with official French NF standards.
There are two types of the most expensive kit 100, electronic kit that is reuseable; and 1 in 3 cheap, disposable chemical kit In France, one of the places to buy these is in the local pharmacy.
Cars and other vehicles with two or more mopeds, 50cc wheels or less are excluded will be checked before they hit the French roads, with random checks in the Channel Tunnel and the Channel ferry.
Since 2006, drunk driving was the main cause of more than 4,000 fatalities per year, even more than those caused by excessive drinking rate resulted in almost a third of road deaths, a number virtually unchanged for 10 years and well above the 17 or 10 England Germany with similar levels of alcohol consumption.
Since it is illegal to drive in France with a dud lighting, a full set of bulbs is more sensitive and to ensure that you still have the owner's manual to help change the lights But note, a many French vehicles are not all their lights work.
A flashlight and batteries that work, a first aid kit and a fire extinguisher in good condition can also be considered as wise supplements also required for British drivers is a GB sticker placed at the rear left of the car near the license plate, unless you have license plates that you plate incorporates a small GB This is a legal requirement, so could be fined if you forget.
You also need to redirect your headlights so that they point away from traffic oncoming, which will approach to the left of the driver instead of the plastic headlight right forwarders are easy to get in the car accessories stores or highway they are a bit tricky to correctly place the first time, so take your time and check the instructions and your results If you buy forwarders pretty solid lighthouse, you can delete and save them for the next time you visit the continent Electricians insulating tape is effective for retaping the plastic your headlights the strip is waterproof and so keep paste through thunderstorms french summer.
And do not forget that you must have your papers - passport, driving license, international insurance, car registration document called the gray card with you in France, near the hand when driving If stopped, it is the gendarmes traffic will ask first, it is also necessary that you have your identity documents with you when you go to France.
Tourism Michelin Motoring Atlas spiral A4 France 2008 ISBN-10 206713597X ISBN-13 978-2067135970 8 44 25 49.
Note that these are details Spiralbound version of it atlas other non Spiralbound versions available Americans may decide to wait to buy a road atlas, if they need it, when they arrived in Europe.
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Instructions on each subsequent page is in English and easy to follow Please note that postage is currently April 70 in the UK is considered a EU country or near a border with France.
Although frowned upon by the COP and fineable on country roads outside villages a common solution is to have the front fog lamp lit These have wider distribution on the side that the cross heads, in combination, are unmarked roads, unlit flanked by ditches much safer proposition.
A TPZ is created by a local This regulation must be justified by an environmental study to inventory and assess the planned reduction of pollutant emissions is subject to the organizing authorities of mobility in the affected areas and their environment for advice, councils of neighboring municipalities, road managers and chambers concerned.
In Europe, there are over 200 low emission zones Since 2008, many German cities have set up limited traffic zones 53 to date, which are available for most vehicles with thumbnails The low area Greater London issue covers all the British metropolis over 1,500 km2 translation Quoted.
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