tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post478048768797713636..comments2024-03-28T11:41:43.558+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Driving to Burgundy in OctoberKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-73679099162964276372021-08-06T07:26:47.059+02:002021-08-06T07:26:47.059+02:00Kiwi, Walt had to go to an auto-école for several ...Kiwi, Walt had to go to an auto-école for several months in 2005 and then take the written test and the driving test in French. They didn't make him take driving lessons, however, so that saved us a lot of euros. He was successful. It can be done.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-67693804577212131262021-08-06T07:23:29.335+02:002021-08-06T07:23:29.335+02:00In 1982 I surrendered my N.C. license to the Frenc...In 1982 I surrendered my N.C. license to the French authorities and got a French permis de conduire. When I went back to Morehead City a few months later, I had to take the written test and the driving test. I took it using my father's Oldsmobile, which was at least twice as big as any car I had driven all through the '70s and of course in Paris between 1979 and 1982. That was fun. A three-point turn-around on a fairly narrow street in town... I wasn't supposed to let the front or rear wheels touch the curb as I performed the maneuver. I couldn't do it. The man who was evaluating my driving skills just laughed and passed me anyway.<br /><br />I figured out that I got my DC license by exchanging my NC license for it in 1983.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-81534081747482448382021-08-06T03:40:14.228+02:002021-08-06T03:40:14.228+02:00When I moved to NC from New England, where the sta...When I moved to NC from New England, where the states all have reciprocity, I had to take a written test but not a driving one. As nearly as I can tell, no one in NC is ever taught to use turn signals. And the French-person-to-US-and reciprocity is strange -- you'd think both California and NY would have switching rights, but nooooo. Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-998290329143467372021-08-05T12:59:33.793+02:002021-08-05T12:59:33.793+02:00I think if California recognized driver's lice...I think if California recognized driver's licenses from other states and countries, and allowed exchanges, France would too.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-72702271584228203242021-08-05T09:53:12.539+02:002021-08-05T09:53:12.539+02:00Yes, inspired in part by you and Walt, my husband ...Yes, inspired in part by you and Walt, my husband and I have been living in France for four years now. Had California licenses that have since expired. No reciprocity with California, which is kind of ridiculous. Dreading the French tests and having to schedule driving hours with instructors as well, due to all the Covid variants. It's complicated!Kiwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08175970854511498140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-6246633840053599222021-08-05T08:27:27.566+02:002021-08-05T08:27:27.566+02:00I'm not sure, but I think the rules work this ...I'm not sure, but I think the rules work this way. If a French person with a driver's license moves to a U.S. state and is allowed to exchange a French license for that states licence without taking a test, then France honors reciprocity with that state. That would explain the seemingly illogical list of U.S. states whose licenses are exchaneable in France.<br /><br />When we moved from D.C. to California, we had to go take written tests to get our California licenses. Did you have to take a test to get an N.C. license? When was that? What I can't remember is how I got a D.C. license...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-46596497763053397942021-08-05T04:35:43.554+02:002021-08-05T04:35:43.554+02:00Alas, for whatever reason, there is no longer reci...Alas, for whatever reason, there is no longer reciprocity between NC and France for drivers' licenses. Only perhaps ten or so states have that enviable status, and it's an odd mix. Not NC, but yes to SC, Virginia, Kansas, NH, and others.Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-27570355988157001042021-08-04T21:04:27.636+02:002021-08-04T21:04:27.636+02:00Beautiful photos. I hope you will be able to go so...Beautiful photos. I hope you will be able to go somewhere this fall.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-68822081167608558732021-08-04T16:49:17.548+02:002021-08-04T16:49:17.548+02:00I love Burgundy :)I love Burgundy :)Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-52093457423501853242021-08-04T11:02:42.840+02:002021-08-04T11:02:42.840+02:00Are you living in France full time now? Isn't ...Are you living in France full time now? Isn't the American license good for a year after you enter France? I've had a French driver's license since the early 1980s, when I was able to get it by handing over my North Carolina license in exchange for the French one.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-23586125770833565492021-08-04T10:46:34.389+02:002021-08-04T10:46:34.389+02:00So atmospheric! I enlarged most of the photos to e...So atmospheric! I enlarged most of the photos to enjoy the colors. Now I need to go to Burgundy in the autumn! Have to get a French driver's license though, so maybe next year.Kiwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08175970854511498140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-6118020334274180232021-08-04T06:24:41.955+02:002021-08-04T06:24:41.955+02:00We were pretty lucky with the weather, but it did ...We were pretty lucky with the weather, but it did rain a few times over the four days we spent on the road and at the gîte.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-90366227663651570392021-08-04T06:18:24.302+02:002021-08-04T06:18:24.302+02:00Some years, October could be gorgeous, though a bi...Some years, October could be gorgeous, though a bit chilly. That’s the one you have to chose!chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.com