Mayennaise Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Can someone please remind me what the restrictions are for the above. I have seen them in two nearby towns and am never sure whether to use them or not. In both cases there were no notices nearby giving detals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulcrum Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 They mean that you are allowed to park for free but I am not sure if they have any time limits on the length of time allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Blue zones normally indicate free parking for a limited time. You need a parking disc, which you can buy from supermarkets and bars/tabacs, to indicate the time you arrived. Here is more info:http://www.expat-stuff.com/driving/parking_time.php? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"]Blue zones normally indicate free parking for a limited time. You need a parking disc, which you can buy from supermarkets and bars/tabacs, to indicate the time you arrived. Here is more info:http://www.expat-stuff.com/driving/parking_time.php?[/quote].........or you can get them free of charge from Insurance Agents, just pop your head round the door and ask!Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenniswitch Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"]Blue zones normally indicate free parking for a limited time. You need a parking disc, which you can buy from supermarkets and bars/tabacs, to indicate the time you arrived. Here is more info:http://www.expat-stuff.com/driving/parking_time.php?[/quote]In some towns you can also get them free from the Hotel de Ville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Take care you don't park in a disabled space by mistake. A lot of these are painted in blue....[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ysatis Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 That's interesting. I know nothing about blue parking areas but have seen them and thought they were similar to our permit holders parking where you have to purchase 'your' allotted parking. So I have avoided using them, obviously I would have been penalised if I had without the relevant disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulcrum Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 I park on blue slots all the time. The designated "Payant" slots are labeled as such and require a ticket but as far as I know blue is free. Put it this way I have always paid for a ticket when parking on a payant but have never done so when parking on a blue slot. I have never had a ticket.Go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenniswitch Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Usually, if you look around long enough you'll find a "Disc Obligatoire" somewhere in the vicinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Blue parking bays have to be used with a permit. If you have a permit, then they are free... once you have paid for the permit. Mine cost 30F I think. It is getting a bit faded. You have the time allowed to stay marked on your disc which can change at different times of the day.Our blue bays here are only policed in the summer. When I was walking by them the other month, the police municipal was doling out PV's. Someone had a parking permit that allowed all day - he was from another region - and he got one.There is certainly a sign with the operational times written on close by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jc Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Not to be confused with "disabled" spaces which are also blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggimeggi Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"]Blue zones normally indicate free parking for a limited time. You need a parking disc, which you can buy from supermarkets and bars/tabacs, to indicate the time you arrived. Here is more info:http://www.expat-stuff.com/driving/parking_time.php?[/quote]Thanks Cassis for the link. It is very useful but I am not sure whether or not one has to obtain a parking disc for each town or if the same disc can be used in all towns. Our small local town seems not to have blue zones but plenty of free parking, sadly it is a bit short on shops. I shop sometimes in Coutras, or Riberac or Libourne. Someone who lives in Riberac had given me to understand that the blue bays were reserved for town residents only who received the discs by mail from their local authority. The reply stating that a bit of paper with the time left on it would be OK would imply that one disc would be enough but I would like to know for sure.Anne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 One disc fits all - it's just to indicate the time you parked. Wardens are more likely to spot a proper disc and read it than a piece of paper, otherwise I'm pretty sure a note on the windscreen would do as well. If Riberac has some strange "residents only" blue bays then this should be marked on a nearby sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarn Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 They are as stated, to be used with the disc indicating time ofarrival. There should be a sign on a post telling you how long you canpark for free, after which time you may get a fixed penalty fine. There are more and more '15 minute' blue parking spaces springing up.In our local village they appeared overnight down one side of the roaddown which two cars can just pass. The locals reacted predictably. Theystarted parking on the other side of the road instead, leaving the bluebays clear so that cars could drive over them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggimeggi Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Was in the centre of Coutras today so I went to the Presse and got my parking disc. It is in a plastic wallet thingie and cost one euro fifty. It might have been free at the Hotel de Ville but I was too lazy to walk over there. Thanks all for the info. Sorted![:D]Anne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 A friend who has a holiday home here went into a tabac to buy a disc. Guy says"are you English?" "Yes" "Is your car UK registered?" "Yes". "Oh, then you don't need one!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Did he also tell him where to go to get the clamp removed?[:)]Benjamin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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