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#1
16 February 2007, 09:45 AM
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French auto insurance
Comment: A little rumour all the way from Ireland for you.
I have heard that while you drive around the Arc De Triomphe in Paris your insurance is automatically cancelled until you leave the road around the Arc again. 
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#3
16 February 2007, 03:55 PM
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Only if there are Panzers in the roundabout.
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#4
16 February 2007, 05:26 PM
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I can see where this comes from. The one time I was in Paris, we saw several accidents at the Arch. The funny part was in NONE of the cases did either car stop. They just side swiped each other, gave a rude gesture, and went on. It was funny.
I even saw a couple of cars (I swear) try to run over a traffic cop. He couldn't get people to stop. Again, funny.
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#5
20 February 2007, 12:39 PM
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I've heard that, too. Not sure where though. The only reference I can find to it is this,
http://www.terrace.qld.edu.au/academ...nch/icoarc.htm which doesn't seem all too reliable. I'll try to think where I heard it from.
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#6
20 February 2007, 03:24 PM
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This seems more likely
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#7
23 February 2007, 11:46 AM
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Perhaps, I shouldn't have been so dismissive in my earlier response to the OP.
I asked my insurance company to check out if cover was extended to include circling the mad roundabout which is the Arc de Triomphe, and surprisingly this UL is true, sort of... Turns outs that my Comprehensive Irish policy will only cover the minimum French requirement, which is personal injuries liabilty only, and not vehicular damage if I'm at fault. But this apparently applies to any driving I do in France, and not just around the Arc de Triomphe. On a personal note, driving around the unmarked TEN lanes at the Arc de Triomphe, (which took me two goes round to get off) was the scariest roundabout I've ever been on. I've been back twice since, but will never go back driving in a car.
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08 March 2007, 02:24 PM
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