Weststander
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France too. Picked up several speeding tickets for driving near or entering road tunnels.
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[Travel] Driving in Europe (Holland/Gemany) advice, experiences etc
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France too. Picked up several speeding tickets for driving near or entering road tunnels.
I’m the same as you. I driven hundreds and hundreds of miles in France in my own RHD car. Earlier this year, I hired a LHD car in Spain and it totally blew my brain! I really struggled with positioning the car etc. It took me the length of the holiday to get used to it.Completely the opposite for me, I like my own car, much better than a hire car and other than overtaking on single lane roads it makes pretty well no difference at all. If you have a passenger you trust even the overtaking is easy. Not vaguely stressful and I do quite a bit of driving abroad in RHD cars
My advice is to stick to either RHD or LHD cars abroad but try not to mix and match.
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LANGDON SEAGULL
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I nearly got caught last summer in France just after the EXIT of a road tunnel! The speed limit dropped by 10kph
Very odd and sneaky.
Weststander
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I nearly got caught last summer in France just after the EXIT of a road tunnel! The speed limit dropped by 10kph
In some of the autoroutes eg from Marseille heading NE in the Alps, speed limits entering/nearing tunnels drop from 130 to 80 kmh, in short distance.
I literally cannot believe you haven't Googled it. Cod knows how you get through the day.
(have fun)
All of this but particularly the toll roads in France - long, boring, you won't see much and they are expensive.
I think this must be a personal thing - I drove a LHD hire car around Romania and found it was fine, didn't have a problem at all (I should emphasise it was an automatic, I didn't see any reason to make my life harder than it needed to be).
My friend driving another hire car on the same trip clipped about three wing mirrors in a single afternoon. But given how much overtaking we had to do and the sort of roads we were driving on I definitely wouldn't have wanted to do it in a RHD car.
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I have a permanent French motorway toll “beep” on my UK registered car windscreen and yes it’s very amusing to watch French drivers hold back as I go through the 30kph Telepeage toll boothsAnd it’s quite amusing when you use them in the “non stop” lane with a Uk number plate when the French driver behind you thinks you’ve made a mistake and in the wrong lane and holds back 30m as they think you’ll have to reverse out.
I wouldn’t say they are essential, but they are very handy if you are driving on your own otherwise you have to unbelt and try and pay from the passenger side of the car.
Waze is absolutely brilliant for alerting to any speed cameras in France too, be aware it tells you there are police ahead when it is just a speed camera though.
Pogue Mahone
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Pogue Mahone
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When motorways become city-bypasses, the speed limit drops to 90kph (in France). That’s 56mph. Be aware - there are lots of speed cameras.
Falmer Flutter ©
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Was about to say the same. There's always a faster car and changing lanes at 115mph when something's coming up behind you at 130mph is a buttock-clencher.
BigBod
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Having done 10's of thousands of miles in Europe, mostly on motorbikes, the best bit of advice I can give is set your satnav to avoid motorways and toll's and you will see a lot more of the countryside with amazing, usually empty roads. Passing through towns and villages you would never have otherwise visited.
I've had some amazing adventures riding abroad and would recommend it to anyone. The natives are really really friendly if you make a bit of an effort.
I've had some amazing adventures riding abroad and would recommend it to anyone. The natives are really really friendly if you make a bit of an effort.
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Ah, but was it on a LHD or RHD motorbike?
Seagull on the Hill
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If your son is a big fan of theme parks, you might want to visit this one which is in Bruhl, a few miles from Cologne.
Apparently it was Michael Jackson's favourite. ( Not sure how much of a recommendation that is!)
Edit - For some reason the link is in Dutch!
+49 2232 36600
https://g.co/kgs/7EpyjLU
If your son is a big fan of theme parks, you might want to visit this one which is in Bruhl, a few miles from Cologne.
Apparently it was Michael Jackson's favourite. ( Not sure how much of a recommendation that is!)
Edit - For some reason the link is in Dutch!
Weststander
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We had one of those devices.
Just needs a French Candid Camera/Beadle’s About to keep the barrier down on an unsuspecting driver.
Although you can pass through Rouen without one if you use the 'All routes' directions.