Driving to France what do I need?
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https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/travel/driving-in-euro...
Then check with gov regarding vaccine cert requirements nearer the date as things can change.
Then check with gov regarding vaccine cert requirements nearer the date as things can change.
To use the search function...
Yes a slightly dickish response but it's a very frequent question and has been given some very comprehensive answers over the years. Think this was a good thread from last month - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Yes a slightly dickish response but it's a very frequent question and has been given some very comprehensive answers over the years. Think this was a good thread from last month - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
//j17 said:
To use the search function...
Yes a slightly dickish response but it's a very frequent question and has been given some very comprehensive answers over the years. Think this was a good thread from last month - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Thanks for that, I have been on the AA site and copied and printed their very straightforward advice. I didn't realise that GB stickers are not valid and that you have to have UK stickers now. The French doing what they do best - piss everyone off, even their own citizens.Yes a slightly dickish response but it's a very frequent question and has been given some very comprehensive answers over the years. Think this was a good thread from last month - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
andyA700 said:
Thanks for that, I have been on the AA site and copied and printed their very straightforward advice. I didn't realise that GB stickers are not valid and that you have to have UK stickers now. The French doing what they do best - piss everyone off, even their own citizens.
Its not the French... https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/news/motoring-news/gb-...andyA700 said:
//j17 said:
To use the search function...
Yes a slightly dickish response but it's a very frequent question and has been given some very comprehensive answers over the years. Think this was a good thread from last month - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Thanks for that, I have been on the AA site and copied and printed their very straightforward advice. I didn't realise that GB stickers are not valid and that you have to have UK stickers now. The French doing what they do best - piss everyone off, even their own citizens.Yes a slightly dickish response but it's a very frequent question and has been given some very comprehensive answers over the years. Think this was a good thread from last month - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
andyA700 said:
I didn't realise that GB stickers are not valid and that you have to have UK stickers now. The French doing what they do best - piss everyone off, even their own citizens.
Umm, exactly how the the UK government deciding to change the UK's international designation letters for UK motor vehicles driven anywhere in the world outside the UK from "GB" to "UK" in any way, shape, or form got anything to do with the French?!?!Or are you maybe going back to 1337 and King Philip VI of France's confiscation of Edward III's duchy of Aquitaine?
Or as you're going to Brittany perhaps it's more somewhere between 1066 and 1488 (less clear when the English crown actually lost control over Brittany).
Edited by //j17 on Friday 8th July 14:18
//j17 said:
andyA700 said:
I didn't realise that GB stickers are not valid and that you have to have UK stickers now. The French doing what they do best - piss everyone off, even their own citizens.
Umm, exactly how the the UK government deciding to change the UK's international designation letters for UK motor vehicles driven anywhere in the world outside the UK from "GB" to "UK" in any way, shape, or form got anything to do with the French?!?!Or are you maybe going back to 1337 and King Philip VI of France's confiscation of Edward III's duchy of Aquitaine?
Or as you're going to Brittany perhaps it's more somewhere between 1066 and 1488 (less clear when the English crown actually lost control over Brittany).
Edited by //j17 on Friday 8th July 14:18
Absolutely nothing to do with the French (read the article!).
Anyway, once we Jimmy Crankie gets her way up North, it won’t be a UK any more so best just to keep the GB one (I jest but also deadly serious - I bought our UK sticker to cover the lovely GB euro one for our recent trip to Europe, mainly France but also Switzerland, Holland, Germany & Belgium)
Anyway, once we Jimmy Crankie gets her way up North, it won’t be a UK any more so best just to keep the GB one (I jest but also deadly serious - I bought our UK sticker to cover the lovely GB euro one for our recent trip to Europe, mainly France but also Switzerland, Holland, Germany & Belgium)
anonymous said:
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That last bit is excellent advice , I’ve been stood on the auto route with a knackered vehicle rammed full of stuff for a holiday house and I’d have been a lot worse off if I hadn’t had recovery cover . They sorted the hotels , garage for repairs and transport for the 3 days we were stuck waiting for parts . It made life a lot easier.
I drove the all the way down to Spain and back a few weeks ago. It was interesting to me that a significant minority of Brits had foregone the U.K. badges totally.
I suspect the odds of you actually being stopped solely for that or for the purpose of checking if you have all the stuff you’re supposed to is basically zero. Would be interested to hear if anyone’s actually ever been checked on breaking down or when otherwise stopped eg for speeding.
I suspect the odds of you actually being stopped solely for that or for the purpose of checking if you have all the stuff you’re supposed to is basically zero. Would be interested to hear if anyone’s actually ever been checked on breaking down or when otherwise stopped eg for speeding.
basherX said:
I drove the all the way down to Spain and back a few weeks ago. It was interesting to me that a significant minority of Brits had foregone the U.K. badges totally.
I suspect the odds of you actually being stopped solely for that or for the purpose of checking if you have all the stuff you’re supposed to is basically zero. Would be interested to hear if anyone’s actually ever been checked on breaking down or when otherwise stopped eg for speeding.
So would I. Pretty sure it's zero.I suspect the odds of you actually being stopped solely for that or for the purpose of checking if you have all the stuff you’re supposed to is basically zero. Would be interested to hear if anyone’s actually ever been checked on breaking down or when otherwise stopped eg for speeding.
I saw a UK sticker with a blue/yellow euro 'star' sticker mounted either side of it this morning
We got stopped in a Belgian-registered car on the motorway between the Belgian border and Eurotunnel. It was early Sunday morning and the police diverted all cars off the motorway through a parking area. Document check, driver was breathalysed and they checked that we had a yellow vest for every passenger in the car.
It was a few years back and we were actually on the way to the PH Sunday Service at Mercedes World.
It was a few years back and we were actually on the way to the PH Sunday Service at Mercedes World.
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