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Code Napoléon

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Really makes one appreciate our system, even with all its flaws!!! I was recently invited to visit a cousin who lives in France. If I take him up on the offer, I do not think I will be tempted to do any driving!!! :eeek:
 
Wow! They are going to build Norton's again in England!!

mark
 
Wow! No way will I be driving when I go back to France.
As for Norton, the models built in Socal are pricey but they are beautiful pieces of work. Hopefully, the UK built versions will be the same.
Roy
 
Driving in France is no problem at all, UNLESS you break the law, as the guy in the article sadly discovered. I've driven extensively in France and found the roads to be in excellent condition for the most part. Better than ours here, generally.

The big mistake is to drive in another country and fail to have at least a peripheral understanding of the traffic laws there. Do your homework before you go: driving is potentially a very dangerous thing, as we all know. Things can turn sour very quickly if you're not careful and prepared.

The "Code Napoleon" has been around for a long, long time. Again, sounds to me like that fella didn't do his homework and he paid the price (literally).

Moral of story: if you travel abroad, don't break their laws. Standing before a judge who passes sentence on you in a foreign language will quickly ruin your trip! :nonono:
 
When I was in France, police officers were not really very common. The guy who drove us kept to the speed limits and obeyed the signs, as did other drivers around us, and we never saw anyone pulled over at the side of the road. Yes, we did cover some serious mileage, by the way, in a LR3 with British plates.

You ever been pulled over in Illinois in a car with out-of-state plates?

I rest my case. :wink:
 
Pay the officer who stopped you, at the side of the road? Wow, sounds just like Baja California.....

I traveled fairly extensively throughout France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, in 1972. Never got stopped. Broke the law a few times, but it is hard to speed when you're driving a VW camper converted to carhauler, towing another Formula III on a trailer.... Use common sense and courtesy driving and you will have no problem there....
 
I have an open invitation to go, I guess that I will leave the driving to someone else.
 
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