Drive safe



Road Rules

  • Vehicles drive on the right hand side of the road
  • Horns should be used only in cases of extreme danger
  • Drivers flash their headlights at the car in front if they want it to give way
  • In built up areas drivers must give way to vehicles coming out of a side turning on the right - this is a basic rule in France if there’s no stop or yield
  • Visiting drivers who exceed the speed limit by more than 40kmh (24mph) will have their licence confiscated on the spot
  • Speed limit in town : 50kmh (31mph)
  • The last car in a queue of slow moving traffic must use hazard-warning lights