Make sure you Drive Alive! Drive on the right!
- Be especially careful when setting off from service stations or
restaurants on the left side of the road.
- Take care when overtaking - allow more space between you and the car
in front so you can see further down the road ahead.
- Speed limits, shown below, are implemented rigorously. Radar traps are
frequent, with 400 additional fixed cameras installed early 2012. In
France, anyone caught travelling at more than 25km/h above the speed limit
can have their licence confiscated on the spot. NEW RULES AS FROM JAN 3RD 2012: Radar speed camera detectors are
illegal(including SatNav.
- France has strict drink driving laws, blood alcohol levels being stricter than in the UK (0.5 mg/ml rather than 0.8). Rather than present you with meaningless figures relating to blood/breath alcohol levels, our advice is if you're driving, don't drink. NEW! From July 1st 2012 you must carry a breathalyser kit in the vehicle.
- Seat belts front and rear are obligatory everywhere.
- Remember - Speeding and other traffic offences are subject to
on-the-spot fines.
- Be aware that urban speed limits begin at the town or city sign (not
always where the first 50km/h sign is situated), usually denoted by a
white name panel with a red border, and the limit ends where the name
panel has a diagonal black bar through it.
- When approaching a roundabout give way to traffic already on the
roundabout, on your left, unless signed otherwise.
A full UK driving licence is required. As
in the UK, seat belts should be worn front and rear.
Take care in built-up areas where the old
rule giving priority to traffic coming from the right (Priorité a droite) still
applies unless a yellow diamond indicates you have priority. On roundabouts you
generally give priority to traffic already on the roundabout, in other words,
coming from your left as you enter the roundabout.
Speed Limits
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Motorway
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Open Road
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Dual Carriageway
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Town
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Alcohol mg/ml
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France
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130 km/h (110 when wet)
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90 km/h (80 when wet)
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110 (100 when wet)
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50 km/h
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0.5
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vehicles towing trailers with
combination gross weight over 3.5t
|
90 km/h
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80 km/h
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90 km/h
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50 km/h
|
|
Visiting motorists holding a licence for
less than 2 years
|
110 km/h
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80 km/h
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100 km/h
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50 km/h
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