If you wish
to drive in Paris, remember that only one rule is applied when it comes to
priority – priority from the right. There are of course some red lights here
and there, but not on e.g. Place Charles de Gaulle (l’Etoile). No “normal”
round-about priority here, only priority from the right.
There
should normally be one single stop sign in Paris, far away from the centre - on
the Seine banks - an exit from a place where construction material is stored
and handled, Quai Saint-Exupéry. When I went there a couple of days ago, the
stop sign was gone – by purpose, stolen…? (On the Google Earth picture, the stop sigh can still be seen.)
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In my nightmares, once in a while, I'm again at Etoile, in the passenger seat, in my sister's car.......
Nice to see your Paris, M. Peter, even if it's just in pictures.
Thank you,
Maria
I always hated driving...Are you over the flu, I hope?
Well, Parisians have certainly simplified driving rules! Maybe those unidentified drones took the stop sign??? :)
Kathryn
Je dirai presque que je m'en tape, je ne circule qu'en métro.
Awesome photos.
Drive in Paris? Jamais de la vie! But I'm fascinated (though not surprised) to learn that in the city there was only one stop sign—and that now there are none!
Très amusant comme détail ! J’ai eu la chance de passer mon permis à Paris (première leçon place de l’Etoile) ce qui m’a bien aidée dans la vie à conduire sans peur, sauf en Angleterre peut-être…
I got my driver’s license in Paris, in a 4 CV. I then took a bus to the country where my father had a car in storage for my mum – but she never got a driver’s license, and said I could have it for my birthday. I still can’t believe that with hardly any experience I drove that old car from the country, through Paris, and to the banlieue! Now I would be petrified. After driving in the US it would be hard to remember to always yield to cars coming from the right.
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