Jonzjob Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 [quote user="fulcrum"]Maybe the rule was invented by the British.[/quote]Well why not. After all cricket was invented by the French wasn't it?[8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Yes..Here in Oz when stopping at any road juction we give way to all traffic coming from the right.That also applies when going into a round abouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 We should all apply the Arabic rules, give way to no-one - ever!, but assume that everyone will give way to you. This applies very well if you are in a humongous 4x4 with blacked out windows and 2 or less digits on your number plate [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crépuscule Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 I'm just back from holiday in Savoie (73). I've driven in France on holiday for many years and have rarely been aware of PAD, in fact I thought it had died out, but at several junctions in and around Aix-les-Bains motorists stopped to let me out from the right where I was waiting to let them past because I thought they had priority. Maybe Savoie motorists are more polite than elsewhere in France because, for the first time ever, I was never hooted at for being too slow off the mark at traffic lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Priorité à droiteGive way to the right Give way to traffic coming from the right : traffic on the the road 50 or 150 meters ahead has priority.You must reduce your speed to prepare to give way to traffic joining from the right. Priorité ponctuelleOne-off priority The road you are driving on has priority over the other roads at the next junction only. Road users on the other roads must give way to you.The road will cease to have priority over the other roads after the next junction. PrioritéPriority The road you are driving on has permanent priority over the other roads at all junctions.The road ceases to have priority over the other roads when the barred sign is shown. Aucun PanneauNo roadsign - Where no sign is displayed, you must give way to traffic joining from the right.With regards to that last one above, it applies particularly in town, where road signs are not present.Autres cheminsOther paths and tracks - - A private dirt track or path does not have priority. - A car park exit does not have priority. - When open to public traffic, track, even when not tarmacked, have priority : look for road signs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 I remember reading somewhere that the PAD is responsible for more accidents than any other single cause here! When roundabouts were first introduced they were also PAD, so you could get on at busy ones but not a hope of getting off???[8-)] Some drivers still believe that to be the case the way they drive.A quick question for Clair if I may?Why is it that French people are the nicest and most courtious people you could wish to meet, absuloutely delightful! Until they get into a motor vehicle. Then the grace and niceness goes out of the window...Nothing to do with PAD for a moment. We followed a learner driver, in a school car with the instructor beside him, towards Carcassonne and into a 30K limit. The limit starts just after a roundabout. The learner accelerated upto over 50 and sailed through the 30 limit and vanished into the distance. If this is how people are taught here, well?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 [quote user="Jonzjob"]A quick question for Clair if I may?Why is it that French people are the nicest and most courtious people you could wish to meet, absuloutely delightful! Until they get into a motor vehicle. Then the grace and niceness goes out of the window...Nothing to do with PAD for a moment. We followed a learner driver, in a school car with the instructor beside him, towards Carcassonne and into a 30K limit. The limit starts just after a roundabout. The learner accelerated upto over 50 and sailed through the 30 limit and vanished into the distance. If this is how people are taught here, well??????[/quote]I do not pretend to speak for the whole of the French nation, but I am one of the nicest, courteous and delightful French person you could wish to meet, both in and out of a car![Www]Anyway, I learnt to drive in England.....[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion van man Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 [quote user="Jonzjob"]Why is it that French people are the nicest and most courtious people you could wish to meet, absuloutely delightful! Until they get into a motor vehicle. Then the grace and niceness goes out of the window...[/quote]I know somebody just like that and his not French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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