Parking No Problem In France
After having used New Zealand’s main highways which are usually thoroughly patrolled to ensure safe driving, a motorist would find himself in trouble should he visit France, which has the world’s craziest traffic regulations. { There are no white lines along the roads, there is no speed limit, and there are no traffic police. The nearest thing to the law is a gendarme stationed every few miles brandishing a baton—to waye you on faster.
. Parking in Paris is not the problem it can be in Auckland. Wellington or at Whakatane on a Friday. On the lesser-used streets you park in the middle. But on the Champs Elysees, the city’s widest thoroughfares, it’s said to be easier. You just drive on to the pavement, flushing pedestrians like pheasants, and pick your spot.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 39, 10 January 1949, Page 5
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