Need a Picture of a French Prius, and some other info

You should be able to find something here. Picture shows LH drive.

Toyota Prius, Test Prius, Achat Prius - Toyota

 

I grew up as a military brat in England. My parents had a US spec LHD Volvo wagon. I was too small to drive of course but I remember my mom trusting me in the right seat to tell her it was clear to pass or not. Or the few times they would turn from a stop sign and end up in the wrong lane from habit. We took the ferry overnight to France as we drove to Dad's new assignment in Germany. I remember the headlights in France being yellow and thinking that was weird. I wonder if they still are?

Not sure if any of that helps but they were good memories.

 

Try Toyotas French website?

Toyota Prius, Test Prius, Achat Prius - Toyota

The dash on the French Prius will be the same as any other Euro spec LHD car. It will probably be a complete reverse of my RHD Euro spec car. Many small words on the buttons such as 'Auto' etc, will remain in English and even appear such on Japanese market models. The French language will only appear on the computer displays and I believe, this is user changeable. The pedals on a LHD and RHD car are the same. The indicator/turn signals are on the same side on most Euro spec RHD cars BUT on the opposite side for JDM or Aussie spec! Work that one out

The French no longer have yellow headlights and haven't since about the mid 1990's. It is now very rare to see a car with them any longer.

What's it like to drive a LHD car in a RHD country (or vice versa)? Have you ever driven in the left lane down a two lane one way street? It's pretty much like that. The only problems taking a RHD car to France (or vice versa) is that you can't easily overtake a truck on a small 2 way road. Well you can if you drop right back and ask the front seat passenger if the way is clear, but you are taking a chance. Most road signs are universal in Europe and thus the meaning is the same and there are not usually any problems. Roundabout could cause problems as you go round them to the left in RHD countries and to the right in LHD countries, though nearly all have arrows point this out to you, are designed to stop you going the wrong way and are usually busy that you follow the car in front. You'll also find UK drivers will keep well back from a foreign registered car (and vice versa in France) as being unfamiliar with the roads, they may stop suddenly etc. You really do not want to try and make an insurance claim against a foreign insurance company!?! It's possible, but not easy.

One last problem with driving a LHD car in a RHD country (or vice versa) is when the roads are quiet, you're tired from driving and you do a U turn into an empty junction and set off on the wrong (or correct to you) side of the road. This is much easier to do if you are in your own car and I've done it once in France. But in a hire car with the steering wheel on the correct side of the car for the country you're in, you don't forget. It happens in my town quite a lot as there's an American airbase nearby - usually when they get a new influx over for their 3 year stay of duty. You can be driving along an empty straight road and see some big LHD pickup on the wrong side coming towards you. You brake, they suddenly realise and swerve over, you give them a hard stare when you pass them and they look apologetic.

French driver freed after fatal car accident because he forgot he was in Britain | Mail Online

But one thing I found is how surprisingly easy it is to get used to driving in another country. It takes an hour or so to get the hang of it, but then you're fine. In my town you will see many French, Dutch, Swedish, Polish and Latvian registered cars, so I guess they have got used to driving here too.

 

Toll booths are quite rare here, but I remember them being trouble when I was in France in my RHD car. Also, ticket machines at a multistory carpark would be on the wrong side for a LHD car. Our windscreen wipers go the other way but that's the car and nothing to do with driving in another country.

One thing that can happen driving a LHD car in a RHD country is that you are used to giving a gap on your right and being on the left of the road you can sometimes clip the drivers (LHD) side rear wheel on curbs when turning left (as in a RHD country you'll be driving on the left).

 

And with the French Tour De France being held in England this year, why not try and incorporate that? lol.

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