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Re: Trip to France check list
« Reply #45 on: 07 September 2012, 18:17:27 »

Should point out that the speed limits are:

130kmh on motorways (dry)
110kmh on motorways (wet)
110kmh on some dual carriageways (normally signposted with that limit)
90kmh is their 'national speed limit' - ie, unspecified, unstreetlit, non built up areas
50khm is their normal urban limit, usually signposted, but follow our 30mph rules
Many towns/villages now have a 30kmh limit.

Speeding is class as antisocial out there, as drink driving is here. You are more likely, IMHO, to be pulled.
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Re: Trip to France check list
« Reply #46 on: 07 September 2012, 18:33:29 »

My golden rule, pretty much anywhere in the world I have driven, is not to be the fastest thing on a stretch of road. Unfortunately in the land of the "cheese-eating, surrender monkeys" those GB plates normally make you an easy target.

Best bet is to stick to roughly the limits... I normally cruise at around 135kph on motorways in the dry and have been left alone so far :y

<rushes off to touch wood!>

As for roads choice... Depends what you are going for and what you wish to do ;) Sometimes it's just easier to pay the tolls and get on with it ;)
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Re: Trip to France check list
« Reply #47 on: 07 September 2012, 21:10:56 »

But will tmc work? :)
Some stations are free, some are encrypted.

Obviously, you need a French map.
uk and major roads of Europe i fink...?
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Re: Trip to France check list
« Reply #48 on: 07 September 2012, 21:15:00 »

But will tmc work? :)
Some stations are free, some are encrypted.

Obviously, you need a French map.
uk and major roads of Europe i fink...?
Trust me, that will be as much use as tunnie with a tight bolt.
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Re: Trip to France check list
« Reply #49 on: 07 September 2012, 21:42:40 »

But will tmc work? :)
Some stations are free, some are encrypted.

Obviously, you need a French map.
uk and major roads of Europe i fink...?
Trust me, that will be as much use as tunnie with a tight bolt.
PMSL :D :D :D
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