Please can any backroom member advise on where to find the proliferation of rules as to what has to be carried in the car in various European countries and, if it is a hire car, does the hirer supply the ones that are relevant? I am aware of the following, but I am sure there are many more.
1. In Spain you have to carry a spare pair of glasses, if you need glasses for driving.
2. In Germany you are required to carry spare fuel on the autobahns, but you aren't allowed to take it in to Europe in the Tunnel.
3. Spare bulbs, even if you can't fit them without a vist to a garage (Audi among others)
4. Fluorescent jackets, pssibly one for each occupant of the car.
5. Warning triangles, some countries require 2.
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Not any help Armitage but I puzzling story nonetheless.
My Dad occasionally take his bike over to Spain with his mates and last year was no different. However, as I understand it, in Spain, you are required to carry a spare bulb. (It may have been Italy or somewhere where they were going to cross over into). In any event, Dad's rear lights on his bike were made up of little L.E.D.s and we were told by Suzuki that it's not user servicable but "they never go".
Obviously there was nothing he could do bar buying a whole new lamp assembly (£hundreds) that he would probably never need so he went without.
Good luck finding out the info anyway.
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Adam
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I'm a bit worried about the headlight converters. I'm pretty sure there's no way to fit them to my car - a Fiat Coupe. So what do I do?
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Many people don't bother and SWMBO allways asks me why I do.
Unless it has lights which require dealer adjustment - the manual shoudl tell you - it can be done with masking tape. I buy one set of Halfords adjusters so I know where to fit them and then use black masking tape.
I have not worked out how the dealer adjustment can work since you are either illegal between the dealer and the ferry in the UK or between the ferry and the dealer in france.
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that's the thing though - I can't get at the lenses to stick anything on, they're within a sealed unit.
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You will need to tell the hirer that you are taking the car abroad. IF they let you they will provide a "vehicle on hire" certificate in lieu of ownership documents. Many do not let vehicles go abroad.
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Thanks for the help so far! IJ, I meant using a hire car picked up abroad, rather than taking a UK car to the continent! I think that would be a no-brainer financially! That said there are certainly places that the hirers don't want you to take a hire car - Italy is a no-no for any worthwhile car, presumably beacause of the theft risk.
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Local papers here in Spain are reporting that hire companies are not putting reflective waistcoats, bulbs, etc. in their cars because they are stolen. When queried by hirers regarding said items, they state: If stopped by police and fined, pay up and we will refund! No evidence this works. Good luck.
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Bazza, just park the beasty up against a garage door (in the dark), turn the headlights on and using your fingers moving from the pass side headlight towards the middle of the car (ie across the pass headlight), and you should see where the best place is to block the offending light. Then stick a piece of tape (or whatever) where this is. Its not an exact science! Ive just got back from Normandy in the GTA and performed this task in an Autoroute service area, and was fine!
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Please can any backroom member advise on where to find the proliferation of rules as to what has to be carried in the car in various European countries and, if it is a hire car, does the hirer supply the ones that are relevant?
Be aware that you are (normally) not allowed by the hire companies to drive one of their cars into any of the Eastern European countries.
I am aware of the following, but I am sure there are many more. 1. In Spain you have to carry a spare pair of glasses, if you need glasses for driving. 2. In Germany you are required to carry spare fuel on the autobahns, but you aren't allowed to take it in to
There is no law in Germany requiring you to carry extra fuel on Autobahns. There are service stations every 30km or so.
3. Spare bulbs, even if you can't fit them without a vist to a garage (Audi among others) 4. Fluorescent jackets, pssibly one for each occupant of the car. 5. Warning triangles, some countries require 2.
In Germany the hire cars are generally kitted out with first aid kit, 1 warning triangle and sometimes spare bulbs and fluorescent jackets (I guess they stolen quite a lot).
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