{"id":19175,"date":"2015-06-23T03:24:51","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T02:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/?p=19175"},"modified":"2015-06-24T12:24:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T11:24:34","slug":"5-things-to-avoid-when-driving-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/5-things-to-avoid-when-driving-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"5 things to avoid when driving in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\nHere are\u00a05 simple things to bear in mind to keep your journey to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">french fishing holiday<\/a> as straight forward as possible.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>1. Paris<\/b>\u00a0<\/span>at rush hours &#8211;\u00a0rush hour is<em> normally<\/em>\u00a08:00-10:00 am &amp; 5:00-8:00 pm. Your Sat Nav will often try to take you around the Paris Peripherique when travelling South. Depending on your time of travel it might be wise to plan a redirect\u00a0via alternative motorways &#8211; we suggest Rouen and then down\u00a0through\u00a0to Evreux, Dreux, Chartre and onwards south.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">2. Tolls<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Can be expensive. Check out which route is best using\u00a0www.viamichelin.com. This website can calculate tolls and fuel costs for your journey.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>3. Drinking<\/b><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 France\u2019s drink driving laws are fiercer than our own\u00a0<b>0.5 mg per ml\u00a0<\/b>as opposed to<b><b><b>\u00a00.8 mg per ml UK<\/b><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">4. Speeding<\/span> \u2013\u00a0<\/b>On the spot fines are expensive but further problems and fines arrive if you don\u2019t have you log book , insurance and licence documentation with you in the vehicle. In a 50kph area (our 30mph) you will be fined approximately 68e if caught doing less than 20kph over that limit. For more details check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.french-property.com\/guides\/france\/driving-in-france\/driving-offences\/\" target=\"_blank\">this page<\/a> explaining offences and penalties.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">5. The French<\/span> \u2013 <\/b>Annual holidays of course! \u00a0Most of France and the Netherlands are on holiday between mid July to mid August each year (due to factory closures, huge numbers take 2 weeks off in this 4 week period) This is when motorways are at their absolute busiest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-22661 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2014\/03\/frenchmotorwayL_428x269_to_468x312.jpg\" alt=\"frenchmotorwayL_428x269_to_468x312\" width=\"468\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2014\/03\/frenchmotorwayL_428x269_to_468x312.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2014\/03\/frenchmotorwayL_428x269_to_468x312-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2014\/03\/frenchmotorwayL_428x269_to_468x312-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are\u00a05 simple things to bear in mind to keep your journey to your french fishing holiday as straight forward as possible. 1. Paris\u00a0at rush hours &#8211;\u00a0rush hour is normally\u00a08:00-10:00 am &amp; 5:00-8:00 pm. Your Sat Nav will often try to take you around the Paris Peripherique when travelling South. 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