tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719001.post113701394260342672..comments2023-09-10T10:53:59.049-04:00Comments on carnet de correspondance: Merd-UH!Gemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08313195863967188622noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719001.post-32178524197871077512007-04-18T12:02:00.000-04:002007-04-18T12:02:00.000-04:00Haha, I can totally relate to the traffic circle c...Haha, I can totally relate to the traffic circle comments! <BR/><BR/>I happened upon your blog while searching for info on carnet de correspondance for my students and I so enjoyed reading it! I would love the recipe for the tartiflette! It sounds lovely!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the good laugh, especially grippe à bière! I will share that with my French speaking relatives!<BR/><BR/>DanielleDaniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14728422588010714312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719001.post-1138736124451685862006-01-31T14:35:00.000-05:002006-01-31T14:35:00.000-05:00Obviously mine wasn't that kind :) Otherwise they...Obviously mine wasn't that kind :) Otherwise they would have given the other guy a ticket. I've been really careful since, though!Gemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313195863967188622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719001.post-1138708051505980462006-01-31T06:47:00.000-05:002006-01-31T06:47:00.000-05:00Girls, be careful on French roundabouts, because t...Girls, be careful on French roundabouts, because there are two kinds! The more common ones, with markings mean that you have to give way to those already on the roundabout. The rarer kind without markings mean that those cars already on the roundabout have to give way to anything coming from the right, just like in normal traffic situations...Antipodeessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17559657306491019975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719001.post-1138391235352391152006-01-27T14:47:00.000-05:002006-01-27T14:47:00.000-05:00I'm totally paranoid when I drive now, I've though...I'm totally paranoid when I drive now, I've thought about this post every time I've gone through a roundabout since Wednesday!!!<BR/><BR/>PS. I think a French police officer could find a reason to give you a ticket no matter what you do...Fab just told me today they can give you one if you don't have a box of replacement light bulbs in your car (in case a light ever burns out while you're driving)!Ksamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991667611234163617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719001.post-1138206470563359962006-01-25T11:27:00.000-05:002006-01-25T11:27:00.000-05:00Man! 90? That's /insane/. (Also annoying is that I...Man! 90? That's /insane/. (Also annoying is that I can't make the euro sign on my computer. At least, not easily. Only the USA exists!). <BR/><BR/>We have several traffic circles in Bloomington, and I was dumbfounded when I saw them. They're all of the small, single-laned sort, though, and people are really kind of dangerous on them when they need to do something like turn left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719001.post-1138201318552997362006-01-25T10:01:00.000-05:002006-01-25T10:01:00.000-05:00I was supposed to wait for him to go by. However,...I was supposed to wait for him to go by. However, I think it's a very subjective ticket, because you might think you have enough space but the policeman doesn't. And that's why they were pulling everyone over, because (as you have probably noticed) in France you have to grab your opening when you see it.Gemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313195863967188622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719001.post-1138201050807479702006-01-25T09:57:00.000-05:002006-01-25T09:57:00.000-05:00Is it because because you should've waited to pull...Is it because because you should've waited to pull out? Or you didn't make a complete stop? How much was the ticket for?<BR/><BR/>It's true, I often see police at roundabouts pulling people over, but I always thought they were doing breathalyzer tests, as it mostly happens at night...Ksamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991667611234163617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719001.post-1138199406221466442006-01-25T09:30:00.000-05:002006-01-25T09:30:00.000-05:00Apparently I did not "ceder la priorite" in the ro...Apparently I did not "ceder la priorite" in the rondpoint. I use that rondpoint every single day (twice!) and I only did what I do every day and have seen other French people do. It's seriously a big ticket trap, because they were pulling everyone over. I already paid the ticket, because if you don't pay it within 3 days the price goes up to twice the original fine!! But at least it wasn't an accident!Gemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313195863967188622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719001.post-1138190463449939332006-01-25T07:01:00.000-05:002006-01-25T07:01:00.000-05:00What was your ticket for? I don't really know how...What was your ticket for? I don't really know how to take them either, but I usually try to go in the left-hand lane if I'm not exiting at the first or second sortie. And I always cross my fingers every time I drive that I won't get pulled over here!<BR/><BR/>And you're lucky you can exchange, I can't, which means I'll have to take the French test sometime soon, probably in the spring. :-(Ksamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991667611234163617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13719001.post-1138176969424933422006-01-25T03:16:00.000-05:002006-01-25T03:16:00.000-05:00Yea, and don't run any yellow lights either! I go...Yea, and don't run any yellow lights either! I got a ticket for that. What, I'm supposed to slam on the brakes and take three cars up the rear end?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com