Discuss the Driving in Europe guide

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Hello there,
We've written a new guide to Driving in Europe and would love your feedback on it.
Please let us know if you find it helpful, what improvements we could make and if there are any other tips you think we should add.
Thanks for your help!

MSE Kelvin
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1. Download a European Accident Statement form in English and the language where you are going to take with you.
2. In France you must have the car docs with you at all times and the reflective jacket must be in reach of the driver.
3. In France the town and village name signs are the speed limit start and end. White background 50kph, black background 70kph.
OK, that makes 3, I never was any good at maths!
Strangely in our area there are 3 lane roads and they are 90kph in the two lane direction and 80kph in the single lane direction, fortunately there are plenty of nice new speed signs so no excuses!
Can you take a hire car on ferries?
What happens if I accidentally take a hire car out of the country? i.e hire in Italy take a wrong turning around Lake Como and end up in Switzerland?
Is it worth buying a car seat at a local supermarket near the airport instead of taking your own?
Driving to Ski resorts from the airport, do you save on transfers?
When is it worth hiring a car with automatic transmission?
Also road work speed cameras. The Italian police are usually quite good when they set up a mobile speed trap as they put up a sign a few hundred metres ahead to let you know?
Checks by the Carabinieri are quite frequent for documents and licenses are quite frequent, with one of them standing with a sub-machine gun as a guard.
Italian drivers are usually on their mobile phones and many have never discovered what a indicator is for either.
Don't be surprised if the car behind is inches from your bumper and then decides to overtake on a blind bend as this is normal.
Watch out for motorcycles on weekends as they obey no rules and all think the road is a racetrack.
If the locals drive like utter tits, don't try and compensate for it. Join in. You don't want to look like the British hire car driver who obeys the speed limits when no one else does.
Please remind people to check / renew their plastic card in good time before their holiday, or use the paper license.