ATTENTION:
From 31st. December 2005 all E111 forms cease to be valid.
They will be replaced by a European Health Card.
As before, you can apply for this at a Post Office, but as this is a plastic card, similar to a bank credit card, it has to be manufactured for each applicant, and so could take several weeks to reach you. We would therefore advise that you apply for this new card in ample time before your intended holiday.
Motorists
As the fight
to reduce France's road accident rate continues here are some of the
things that the Police will be cracking down on this summer.
New traffic monitoring cameras
lower to spot rear passengers who aren't wearing their seat belts.
Babies carried on an adult's
lap rather than in a proper baby seat.
More mobile police speed camera
teams in accident black spots
More activity on the motorways
within 100km of Calais to catch motorists speeding to catch their
ferry.
And remember, in France the police don't have to stand out in the
open, but can hide behind walls and trees.
France's voluntary use of headlights in daylight programme has not been very
successful but remember the French are very good, and very prompt in using dipped headlights at dusk and during rain or other causes of reduced visibility.
Speed Limits
| |
Autoroute
(Motorway) |
Dual Carriageways |
Other Roads |
Towns** |
Clear,dry conditions |
130kph |
110kph |
90kph |
50kph |
Rain* |
110kph |
100kph |
80kph |
50kph |
Fog/Mist
visibilty < 50M |
550 kph on all roads |
*Dipped headlights are obligatory during periods of rain, or other conditions of reduced visibility.
**The start of the 50 kph speed limited is automatically signalled by the white, rectangular town/village name board with a red border. The end of the speed limit is
indicated by the same name board, but with a diagonal, red strip through the name.
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