Last weekend's Sunday Times Driving supplement had an article about all the laws that apply to driving in Europe - I'm off to Le Mans next month then a grand tourismo trip to Italy later in the year, so have been thinking about this a bit.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/tra...cle6250165.ece
Points of clarity - in France, and other countries, you need a hi-vis jacket or vest in the car, so you can put it on should you break down, before you get out. A friend whose parents live in France has even told of sneaky Gendermes pulling over a British car, asking the driver to get out, then fining them for not putting on their hi-vis jacket before getting out!
You don't need a hi-vis jacket/vest for every passenger... only everyone who's going to get out the car if it had to stop at the side of the road... [which, in practice, might well be everyone, but you wouldn't get done for not having a jacket for everyone].
You also need a warning triangle - Wickes have been selling a folding one for about £6, but I popped in to pick a few up the other day and they're all reduced to clear at £2.98. Otherwise, these guys will sell triangles/vests for a few quid, or there's always our friends at Halfrauds.
Bulbs
Having just put Dan's HIDs in the car, I'm thinking that I'll just take the H1 bulbs I took out of the car, as spares. If one of the HIDs blows, I could regress to H1 Halogens in 5 mins.
Beam Adjustment
Has anyone bothered getting their headlights adjusted for continental driving?
I don't see that putting one of those beam adjustment stickers will do anything - surely they need to be on the surface of the lens that focusses the beam, otherwise it'd be like holding your finger 6in front of a lightbulb and expecting it to cast a shadow on the floor.
cheers
Ewan