autoroutes - questions - August/service stations/warning tr

Grateful for information on a number of questions

I will be travelling Calais - Brittany on saturday 2 Aug and returning on Saturday 16 August. Are these leikely to be mega busy dates or are French holidays more spread outr than they used to be?

Is there a website showing aires with fuel and restaurants on autoroutes so that we can plan our stops?

Is it true that from 1 July motorists have to carry a warning triangle and a reflective jacket (is that one per passenger?)

www.franceautoroutes.com/

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According to Bison Fute the 2nd August is classified as a black day on the roads and the 16th August a red day. However that said I think it will be much worse if you were heading South.

Yes from 1st July you must have a warning triangle and 1 refective jacket.

To find the aires you need to get onto the web-site of the company that runs the autoroutes that you will be using.

This map should help you.

autoroutes.fr/en/asfa/french-motorway-compan…

Good luck

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This is what the AA say about warning triangles/reflective jackets:

%26quot;The introduction of the regulation concerning the compulsory carriage of a reflective jacket will now come in to force on the 1st October 2008 (initially this was due to be introduced on the 1st July 2008). It will be compulsory for all French registered vehicles to have a reflective safety jacket on board which must me kept inside the vehicle and it will also be compulsory to carry a warning triangle. The authorities are yet to confirm whether these requirements will apply to foreign registered vehicles. This advice will be updated as soon as confirmation is received.%26quot;

So, seems that you don%26#39;t have to HAVE them, but certainly won%26#39;t do any harm to get hold of them. Looks like it will be one per car rather than passenger.

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