How is the transportation in France? I am not familiar with foreign transportation. Can someone who is good at it share some experience with me? I want to take my girlfriend to drive around France, and I am a bit worried that I won't be able to drive. Are they all right-hand drive ?

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Personal experience summary needs attention: 1. Be sure to use navigation. The road to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport is complex, with many entrances and exits. The car rental parking lot is on the lowest level, so navigation is necessary for newcomers. I saw many locals renting cars with navigation. 2. Over 90% of cars in Europe are manual transmission, so friends who are only familiar with automatic transmission in China must be proficient in manual transmission beforehand. 3. In Europe, most intersections are in the form of roundabouts, some with traffic lights and some without. At places without traffic lights, when entering the roundabout, you must look left to see if there are cars inside. If there are, even if they are a few meters away, you cannot enter until the roundabout is completely clear. Otherwise, people will honk at you. We all know that Europeans rarely honk, even if your car is blocking their way, they will silently wait behind you. 4. In Europe, cars yield to pedestrians. Even if you are facing a green light, let pedestrians cross the road first, and they will nod to thank you. As long as you pay attention to these points, driving in Europe is much easier than driving in China.

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Most European countries are like us, left-hand drive vehicles, driving on the right side of the road, overtaking must be done from the left, and return to the right lane as soon as possible after overtaking. Most intersections are roundabouts without traffic lights, remember not to enter the roundabout when there are cars inside, wait for the cars inside the roundabout to exit before entering. Also, the Swiss people are all like living Lei Feng, if you need help, they will be very willing, sometimes they will even ask you if you need help, it's so touching that I can't help but cry...

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We arrived in Paris on the 13th and stayed for 6 days, then drove to Fontainebleau, Lyon, Nice, Monaco, Genoa, Florence, and arrived in Rome yesterday. We were on edge the whole way... First of all, the temperature here is not hot. The wind is quite cold. We have to wear down jackets and woolen hats to keep warm. It is not recommended to drive in the city of Paris. It is difficult to find parking spaces on the road surface. The entrances and exits of underground parking lots are too narrow and difficult to find. Navigation mainly relies on the map built into the Apple phone, which is actually a collaboration with Tom Tom and is very accurate. The maps we downloaded at home are not very reliable, including Google Maps. We were misled several times, even guided to a snow-covered mountain road at night. Maybe it's because we didn't enter the address accurately. Remember to enter the postal code of the region. Google Play needs to be installed to have offline maps, so you must have wireless WiFi. The high-speed rail here is very fast. France is 130 and Italy is 110. I think this is the lowest speed. There will always be cars following me to drive. After all, the car company gave me a top-of-the-line Mercedes-Benz E200 station wagon, black German license plate, which is too eye-catching. This caused me to park in the underground garage and dare not park on the road, for fear that my car windows would be broken and my bag would be stolen. All overtaking must be done from the left side, and then the left lane must be given up. It is forbidden to occupy the left lane for a long time. Right-hand overtaking is strictly prohibited, which is very dangerous! Highways need to prepare some 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1, and 0.5 euro banknotes and coins in advance. Do not enter the electronic payment channel by mistake. France and Italy have many dark tunnels that are relatively narrow. Overtaking and turning do not slow down. It feels like you're driving a race car, so small cars are popular here. Their control performance is good. Remember not to rent big cars! My Mercedes-Benz is too long, and the city control is really a bit difficult. Those streets, tunnels, and parking lot passages are really narrow! Bring fewer luggage when you go out ? France Q&A

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We arrived in Paris on the 13th and stayed for 6 days, then drove to Fontainebleau, Lyon, Nice, Monaco, Genoa, Florence, and arrived in Rome yesterday. We were on edge the whole way... First of all, the temperature here is not hot. The wind is quite cold. We have to wear down jackets and woolen hats to keep warm. It is not recommended to drive in the city of Paris. It is difficult to find parking spaces on the road surface. The entrances and exits of underground parking lots are too narrow and difficult to find. Navigation mainly relies on the map built into the Apple phone, which is actually a collaboration with Tom Tom and is very accurate. The maps we downloaded at home are not very reliable, including Google Maps. We were misled several times, even guided to a snow-covered mountain road at night. Maybe it's because we didn't enter the address accurately. Remember to enter the postal code of the region. Google Play needs to be installed to have offline maps, so you must have wireless WiFi. The high-speed rail here is very fast. France is 130 and Italy is 110. I think this is the lowest speed. There will always be cars following me to drive. After all, the car company gave me a top-of-the-line Mercedes-Benz E200 station wagon, black German license plate, which is too eye-catching. This caused me to park in the underground garage and dare not park on the road, for fear that my car windows would be broken and my bag would be stolen. All overtaking must be done from the left side, and then the left lane must be given up. It is forbidden to occupy the left lane for a long time. Right-hand overtaking is strictly prohibited, which is very dangerous! Highways need to prepare some 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1, and 0.5 euro banknotes and coins in advance. Do not enter the electronic payment channel by mistake. France and Italy have many dark tunnels that are relatively narrow. Overtaking and turning do not slow down. It feels like you're driving a race car, so small cars are popular here. Their control performance is good. Remember not to rent big cars! My Mercedes-Benz is too long, and the city control is really a bit difficult. Those streets, tunnels, and parking lot passages are really narrow! Bring fewer luggage when you go out ? France Q&A

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