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Mar 07
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Never fail to take with you necessary documents when you decide to take a drive on the roads of France. This is because the French police may interrupt your path any moment. It is the responsibility of the police to conduct regular checks in this matter to ensure that everything is going on lawfully regarding driving.
An official ID card, documents confirming car ownership, insurance documents and driving license are the proofs which should be produced to the police if asked to during driving in France. Car crimes in France is a growing menace and so the periodical checks.
National card or a passport would serve as the ID card. Foreign licenses too are accepted in France but they are effective up to a period of one year from the time of your arrival in the country. Cart gris or grey card is the official card ownership document and the cart vert or green card is the official insurance document.
In case of your ownership of pre-owned cars be careful in providing the related proofs which you should have procured before your arrival in France if asked by the police. You may be subjected to fine in case you do not produce them on enquiry.
Always make photocopies of your car related documents and never leave your insurance and ownership proofs in the car. Car crime in France is widespread and you don’t want to be a victim without the proper papers to produce to the police.
While driving in France, remember that you are outside your own country and the rules certainly are different. For instance it is a traffic error in France if you turn right at red light, though it is legal in the US. Otherwise it should be a entertaining experience for the drivers on the roads of France.
While driving in France be particularly aware of the fact that all drivers coming from the right have prime concern. This is irrespective of the sizes of the two roads and even applies on T junctions. French drivers are accustomed to this so will often pull out of smaller paths onto busy main roads expecting you to slow down. The anomaly to this rule in France is when you are on traffic circles. In such cases preference goes to the person already on the circle.
The standard limit while driving through built up areas in France is 50km p/h. When you are on the open roads of France you have to slow down to 50km p/h when you see a white sign with red borders displaying the name of a place in black, this indicates that you’re getting into a built up area. You can resume higher speed driving when you see the same sign with a red crosswise line through it which means you’re leaving the built up area.
130 km p/h is the speed allowed on auto routes in France which are the biggest motorways. The speed permitted on dual carriageways is of course 110km p/h while the limit is 90km p/h while driving on smaller district highways. These speed limits are not to be displayed on the roads and this is a disadvantage and so you are expected to be conscious of these rules.
The Paris subway ticket is undoubtedly the best way to be mobile inside the city. If you are thinking of travelling to the countryside then check this page on driving rules in France.
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