I'm planning a road trip to France from Newcastle via Euro Tunnel. I have rewinded and replayed this video several times so your tips sinks in. I've always been scared of the idea of driving on the right and also not knowing the driving behaviours of the French. It feels criminal to watch content like this for free. Thank you so much

Two points about the lights. 1) in a lot of cases the beam pattern is inverted on the lens so where you think you should put the tape top right, it should actually go bottom left due to the way the beam works. but also 2) those lights look like they could be LED projector bulbs. If thats the case most modern LEDs have a square (or near square) pattern and actually dont need any adjustment (or if they do, it can usually be done from within the cars menus on the dash). Most of the over the counter adjuster kits are not designed for LED bulbs. Either way, the only real way to be 100% sure youre lights are adjusted correctly is to find a nice plain wall and park in front of it with your normal headlights on. Look at the beam pattern and then see if theres a "up tick" on the left. If there is, use a bit of electrical tape to slowly mask off bits of the headlight until the uptick is gone. The kits you buy from halfords come with instructions for most cars but having driven a number of different UK cars on the continent I find the plain wall trick to be FAR simpler and more accurate than following those guides.

You need to keep a high-vis vest in the cab. You must put it on before exiting the vehicle if you break down on main roads. You can keep your passenger's hi-vis vests in the boot. If you do not have hi-vis vests for your passengers, they cannot exit the vehicle. You must also carry a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit for 5 people, a full set of replacement lamps and a warning triangle. You must also carry a breathalyzer. Buy an electronic one as it can be re-used. If you use a disposable breathalyzer, carry at least 2. If you are required to use one of them then you still have another to continue you journey legally.

15:18 in fact it just reduced to 50 here! In France the town name sign also creates the lower speed limit of 50 unless another speed limit sign is present at that point, the crossed out one raises it to 80.

One piece of advice that I got from my father was when you're driving "keep your right elbow to the kerb"

The Gilet Jaune must be accessible from within the cabin and NOT put in the boot!

Planning on driving from Scotland to Munich next year to take in Euros, watching this video gives me more confidence using my own van in France and Germany. 👍 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

One thing that a lot of UK drivers get caught out with is you see a red stop sign, you have to come to a dead stop, even if you can see for miles and there's nothing coming, you can't roll forward, if a copper sees you he'll do you for it. Another is Priority to the right. Priorité à droite is a default rule that you must stop or slow to allow drivers to enter your road from a junction on the right, unless there is a give way or stop sign at that junction.

Thank you for this brilliant video.

One area which is incorrect is that the speed limit on a single carriageway road out of town is 80kph. This is true for certain parts of France, but it is not true everywwhere. There is some flexibility with te limit, and last year in Eastern France many of the roads maintain the 90kph limit.

Beautiful drive man. Thank you for the time.

You have just motivated me to get my First time driving in Crete sorted. Great video Roland! :)

An easy way to remember you should be driving on the right-hand side if you're from the UK with your car: stick to the side where your driving-wheel is!

I drove to uzes twice lovely town. Hope to go this year.

It's an actually useful video. Thanks for sharing it.

We want to start travelling in Europe soon in a campervan and I’m shit at left and right I’m dreading it…truly dreading it

I believe you need 2 warning triangles for 30/150 metres? I believe the HI-Vis jackets must be accessible from within the car ( not boot/trunk)

Great resource tks... just wondering what those large curved white arrows which are painted on the center line indicate...there is a couple at around the 11 minute mark on the video... tkss again

great driving and advise.

With due respect to you and this lovely video. It doesn’t show the difficulty of merging on a motorway or onto a road at an angle whereby the entire road is in your blind spot and obscured by the corner of your car at the back. And you have extremely impatient French drivers behind you harassing you to go because they do not know you cannot see. Or how agressive French drivers are and basically do not know how to drive.

Going on a road trip to France from London. First time driving in Europe, it would be quite useful. Thanks

Great video, even though I’ve driven down south for past 30 years your content was still informative. We always go just north of Agde, where abouts were you filming. Regards Frank

Before you start your drive, take a few minutes to learn the meaning of the road signs and to understand the seriousness of the "priorité à droite" rule. If you're in doubt about these things, you shouldn't be on the road.

The yellow vests should be stored in the cockpit of the car, not the boot, so your mum has probably got them inside. Plus you need one for each occupant of the car. Otherwise, I enjoyed your driving tips.

Great video scenery looks stunning, thanks for the tips! Would you see rural France as an easier place for someone who has no experience driving in continental Europe (driving right hand side)? I'm looking at bringing my car on the ferry from Ireland to Brittany/Normandy? Cheers

Do i need an international drivers license to hire a car? I have a UK issued licences.

I’m driving to France next week! I’ve got breakdown cover sorted and all the necessary insurance to cover me driving abroad I’ve got all the bits you need to keep in the car and I’ve even bought the euro lite beam deflectors! I’m so excited but also very nervous to be driving in the other side of the road as I’ve only been driving for 7months now which I don’t think is a huge amount of time before driving abroad🤣 any tips you could give to help calm me down?😁🤣

I've never attempted this.. Do you judge your car positioning, of what you can see easily, the right side of the road, a right road line marking....Or from the center of the road?

2:20 In my eyes, the British are really pro's at using roundabouts. On the continent, it is OK to just stay on the right lane on two lane-roundabouts. This is what I usually do, it avoids conflict points like 6:10 (that roundabout was not even two lane). I also don't think you need to signal left when approaching the roundabout and planning to take a left turn. This is a weird UK thing and not really done in continental Europe. The French do have their own strange habit though of indicating left while being on the roundabout in order to show cars that they are not yet leaving the roundabout. And of course, if they leave the roundabout, they will indicate right.

Aucune erreur de conduite. Rien à dire !

How to Quadruple the Number of well-deserved Viewers, in two easy steps? 1) Fling those sunglasses under the wheels of the nearest passing lorry 2) Shave off that beard. Granted, a few female viewers may disagree.