What do I need to drive in Eu

[glenn2926]

You needed one after Brexit until last August.

I’m not sure the rule change to requiring one ever came in. We never got one.

 

[Lenny HB]

I’m not sure the rule change to requiring one ever came in. We never got one.

Good job you didn't get stopped then, plenty of info on this forum about it.
Actually it might have been the year before, out of kilter with this covid lark, it was only for 7 months you needed one.

 

[Badknee]

The V16 emergency light may be a sensible option for metal cars but how on earth will the be used on a MH? Firstly, nothing on the outside is magnetic and secondly how will it be any use 3meter up on the roof? It may be useful if they came with a suction pad and if we carried 2 for the back and side???? Not a requirement until 2025 if I have read the attached above correctly. Of interest, the report seems to suggest that at some future date they will have to incorporate some electronics that transmit your location!!!!!!!

Very useful in that when switched on it automatically contacts rescue organisations. Ours will go on the tow bar or the car when we tow it behind us.

 

[L' Hobo]

The V16 emergency light may be a sensible option for metal cars but how on earth will the be used on a MH? Firstly, nothing on the outside is magnetic and secondly how will it be any use 3meter up on the roof?

Yet another advantage of owning a PVC, we have plenty of metal!

 

[POH]

Yet another advantage of owning a PVC, we have plenty of metal!

And RUST

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[Lenny HB]

And RUST

All galvanised these days.

 

[Mike Rivers]

If you take the ferry, the Brittany Ferries on-board shop sells a European travel kit which includes warning triangles, hi-vis jackets, light stickers AND breathalysers. I should also mention the SANEF toll tag available on-line. This is a tag which allows movement through the tag lanes at toll booths thereby avoiding queuing. The tag is linked to your bank account and debits accordingly. Whilst I usually avoid toll roads I have found this useful at toll bridges. Moreover, especially useful if you don’t have right cash or are likely to get in a pickle navigating your way around a card payment on a toll machine with a queue of cars behind you!

 

[Cherub]

Will all these things apply for going from Scotland to Eire?

 

[599]

you need your wits about you they try & undertake you on roundabouts & when driving through cities on the free m/ways STAY in the middle lane USE your mirrors

 

[maison]

For anyone considering whether or not to apply for a Crit Air certificate the following may help.

Certificates are required as below


There are currently 11 ZFE-m in France:

Paris
Greater Paris
Lyon
Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole
Aix-Marseille-Provence
Nice-Côte d’Azur
Toulon-Provence-Mediterranean
Toulouse
Montpellier
Strasbourg
Rouen-Normandy

Zones de Protection de l’Air (ZPA) or Air Protection Zones​

These are zones in which temporary traffic restrictions may be applied at the discretion of the local authorities. For example, during certain weather conditions or air pollution peaks, such as the 2019 heatwave, restrictions may be temporarily introduced in the affected areas. If you live in one of these zones, it’s a good idea to have a Crit’Air sticker displayed on your car to avoid getting caught out.

There are also Zones de Protection de l’Air départemental (ZPAd) which refer to entire departments where restrictions may be applied temporarily.

ZPA and ZPAd in France:

Angers (+ Maine-et-Loire) : ZPAd
Annecy (+ Haute-Savoie) : ZPA
Auch (+ Gers) : ZPAd
Bordeaux (+ Gironde) : ZPAd
Chambery (+ Savoie) : ZPA
Chartres (+ Eure-et-Loir) : ZPA et ZPAd
Clermont-Ferrand (+ Puy-de-Dome) : ZPAd
Dijon (+ Côte-d-or) : ZPA
Guéret (+ Creuse) : ZPA et ZPAd
La Roche-sur-Yon (+ Vendée) : ZPAd
Marseille (+ Bouches-du-Rhone) : ZPAd
Montpellier (+ Hérault) : ZPAd
Niort (+ Deux_Sèvres) : ZPAd
Orléans (+ Loiret) : ZPAd
Pau (+ Pyrénées-Atlantiques) : ZPAd
Poitiers (+ Vienne) : ZPAd
Rennes : ZPA
Valence (+ Drôme) : ZPAd
Vallée de l’Arve : ZPA


Many people think they are only needed for large cities but, as you can see, they may also be needed in many tourist areas, Annecy, Etc.

To make matters more confusing the ZPA and ZPAd areas may, or may not, require the Certificate from time to time depending on pollution levels and at the discretion of local authorities. As tourists we may not know that the restriction is active when we enter the area.

At such a low cost to obtain is seems sensible, to me at least, to display one and avoid a fine.

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[L' Hobo]

For anyone considering whether or not to apply for a Crit Air certificate the following may help.

Certificates are required as below


There are currently 11 ZFE-m in France:

Paris
Greater Paris
Lyon
Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole
Aix-Marseille-Provence
Nice-Côte d’Azur
Toulon-Provence-Mediterranean
Toulouse
Montpellier
Strasbourg
Rouen-Normandy

Zones de Protection de l’Air (ZPA) or Air Protection Zones​

These are zones in which temporary traffic restrictions may be applied at the discretion of the local authorities. For example, during certain weather conditions or air pollution peaks, such as the 2019 heatwave, restrictions may be temporarily introduced in the affected areas. If you live in one of these zones, it’s a good idea to have a Crit’Air sticker displayed on your car to avoid getting caught out.

There are also Zones de Protection de l’Air départemental (ZPAd) which refer to entire departments where restrictions may be applied temporarily.

ZPA and ZPAd in France:

Angers (+ Maine-et-Loire) : ZPAd
Annecy (+ Haute-Savoie) : ZPA
Auch (+ Gers) : ZPAd
Bordeaux (+ Gironde) : ZPAd
Chambery (+ Savoie) : ZPA
Chartres (+ Eure-et-Loir) : ZPA et ZPAd
Clermont-Ferrand (+ Puy-de-Dome) : ZPAd
Dijon (+ Côte-d-or) : ZPA
Guéret (+ Creuse) : ZPA et ZPAd
La Roche-sur-Yon (+ Vendée) : ZPAd
Marseille (+ Bouches-du-Rhone) : ZPAd
Montpellier (+ Hérault) : ZPAd
Niort (+ Deux_Sèvres) : ZPAd
Orléans (+ Loiret) : ZPAd
Pau (+ Pyrénées-Atlantiques) : ZPAd
Poitiers (+ Vienne) : ZPAd
Rennes : ZPA
Valence (+ Drôme) : ZPAd
Vallée de l’Arve : ZPA


Many people think they are only needed for large cities but, as you can see, they may also be needed in many tourist areas, Annecy, Etc.

To make matters more confusing the ZPA and ZPAd areas may, or may not, require the Certificate from time to time depending on pollution levels and at the discretion of local authorities. As tourists we may not know that the restriction is active when we enter the area.

At such a low cost to obtain is seems sensible, to me at least, to display one and avoid a fine.

Perhaps it should be pointed out, for the less experienced of us, that just because you have a Crit'Air sticker it does not mean you can automatically be able to enter these zones, it all depends on the number and colour which will be displayed on signs.

 

[maison]

Perhaps it should be pointed out, for the less experienced of us, that just because you have a Crit'Air sticker it does not mean you can automatically be able to enter these zones, it all depends on the number and colour which will be displayed on signs.

Yes, of course you are correct.

The Crit Aire Certificates are coloured coded, according to classification, and vehicles can only enter ones marked with their colour.

Thanks, I forgot to mention that in my post #40.

However, their use is spreading and will continue to do so under climate change initiatives.

 

[Coolcats]

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[georgio]

Good morning,

The green stuff for the toilet

 

[maison]

Good morning,

The green stuff for the toilet

Don’t you just suffer from that after a particularly vicious vindaloo?

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[Conniedriving]

V5 Document, (original).
Insurance Certificate
Driving Licence.
Two Warning triangles.
Fluorescent jacket for each occupant of vehicle.
Spare pair of glasses if you wear them

Of course all the French drivers have these in their cars

 

[Conniedriving]

V5 Document, (original).
Insurance Certificate
Driving Licence.
Two Warning triangles.
Fluorescent jacket for each occupant of vehicle.
Spare pair of glasses if you wear them

 

[Ian Bosman]

V5 Document, (original).
Insurance Certificate
Driving Licence.
Two Warning triangles.
Fluorescent jacket for each occupant of vehicle.
Spare pair of glasses if you wear them

UK, not GB sticker!?

 

[Ian Bosman]

May need one of these soon. I think they are soon to be law in Spain. Though I cannot see Pedro, the 70 year old farmer having one in his old Citroen C15D (or any of the aforementioned for that matter).

Drivers in Spain can use new emergency lights instead of triangles as of today

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Thos V16 emergency lights would need to attached with something other than magnets for all motorhomes except van conversions as steel is a rare metal on them.

 

[maison]

Of course all the French drivers have these in their cars

Bien sûr.

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[triky]

In post 33, it's mentioned by " Badknee" " stuck on the towbar when car towed behind." BE AWARE ,,that the car should be towed on a TRAILER (, A Frames are outlawed , in some EU countries) although our DVLA say that a vehicle towed on a " A " frame IS a trailer .

 

[EuroTrotters]

Thos V16 emergency lights would need to attached with something other than magnets for all motorhomes except van conversions as steel is a rare metal on them.

I didn’t say it had to stick !

 

[599]

you don’t need it unless going to certain large cities or areas in France as I understand, more areas have been added since I got mine but for the sake of a few quid maybe just get it

The Crit’Air anti-pollution vehicle sticker

Information about the Crit’Air anti-pollution vehicle sticker and how to order it from the UK before you travel to France

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hi you 2 had a new year text from jocie & ian you he fell of roof well they have sold the m/h because they lived in it & lock down was the last straw

 

[Ian Bosman]

Warning Triangle (sometimes two) and high vis jacket.

No dairy products.

Euro's

UK sticker

No meat products

 

[Al n Val]

hi you 2 had a new year text from jocie & ian you he fell of roof well they have sold the m/h because they lived in it & lock down was the last straw

do we know them?

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[P Jones]

Warning Triangle (sometimes two) and high vis jacket.

No dairy products.

Euro's

UK sticker

and the blessing, pray you make it back.in one piece. ok.pj stay safe

 

[chopper602]

If travelling to Germany it would be wise to apply for a Umweltplakette, The German equivalent to the Crit-Air sticker. Again lasts the lifetime of the vehicle and costs relatively little.

 

[L' Hobo]

you don’t need it unless going to certain large cities or areas in France as I understand, more areas have been added since I got mine but for the sake of a few quid maybe just get it

The Crit’Air anti-pollution vehicle sticker

Information about the Crit’Air anti-pollution vehicle sticker and how to order it from the UK before you travel to France

uk.france.fr

I applied on Tuesday for my first Crit'Air and, using the above link and paying by PayPal. Everything appeared to have gone through okay.

This morning, by email, I received, what seems to be a receipt with FACTURE written in large letters and, at the bottom of the page,
a smallish orange group 3 and code scan thingy.

My French is rusty BUT, I'm presuming this receipt can be used as a temporary form until the proper sticker arrives. Is this correct??

 

[Old Gibber]

I applied on Tuesday for my first Crit'Air and, using the above link and paying by PayPal. Everything appeared to have gone through okay.

This morning, by email, I received, what seems to be a receipt with FACTURE written in large letters and, at the bottom of the page,
a smallish orange group 3 and code scan thingy.

My French is rusty BUT, I'm presuming this receipt can be used as a temporary form until the proper sticker arrives. Is this correct??

Yes, but you will receive the sticker within 3-4 days, so not to worry.

 

[Eddiex]

We have a 2003 Hymer B584 3.5T - When applying for a Crit'Air certificate - what classification in the drop down box applies to MH's?

I'm assuming it's 'Light Utility Vehicles N1 category' or do we come under the next box 'HGV's', etc?

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