Driving in France - A Big Quiz

[Jim]

Give the Meaning in English

IMPORTANT ROAD SIGNS
1. Arrêt
2. Cédez le passage
3. Chaussée deformer
4. Chaussée glissante
5. Douane
6. Fin de chantier
7. Ne pas dépasser
8. Rappel
9. Ralentir
10. Vous n’avez pas la priorité -

DIRECTIONS
11. Continuez tout droite
12. Tournez à gauche
13. Tournez à droit
14. Prenez la première gauche
15. Prenez la deuxième gauche
16. Prenez la troisième gauche
17. Prenez la quatrième gauche
18. Prenez le premier droit
19. La station service est sur la gauche
HANDY PHRASES
20. Excusez-moi, je suis perdu…
21. Est-ce que vous pourriez m’aider s’il vous plait?
22. Ou se trouve la station-service prochaine?
23. Comment je puis arriver à Paris d’ici?
24. il y a un accident
ON THE ROAD
25. un accident
26. le feu orange
27. un petit pont
28. un cul de sac
29. la déviation
30. une route à quatre voies
31. la bande d’arrêt d’urgence
32. le feu vert
33. une voie
34. une aire de repos
35. une autoroute
36. un péage
37. une station service
38. un carambolage
39. un piéton
40. le feu rouge
41. un panneau de signalisation
42. un rondpoint
43. une petite route
44. une autoroute à peage
45. le feu de signalisation
46. un bouchon, un embouteillage
47. un passage piéton

YOU, YOUR CAR & OTHER DRIVERS
48. le capot
49. le coffre
50. les freins
51. en panne
52. la voiture
53. le conducteur/la conductrice (female)
54. les lampes
55. le dépassement
56. le radio
57. le rétroviseur
58. la ceinture
59. les chaîs
60. la limite de vitesse
61. le pneu
62. la pare brise
63. les rouages

Have fun

 

[johnsandywhite]

Important Road Signs
1. Stop
2. give up the passage
3. pavement to distort
4. slippery pavement
5. custom
6. end of yard
7. not to pass
8. recall
9. to slow down
10. You don't have the priority -

DIRECTIONS
11. Continue all right
12. Turn on the left
13. Turn to right
14. Take the first left
15. Take the second left
16. Take the third left
17. Take the fourth left
18. Take the first right
19. The station service is on the left
HANDY SENTENCES
20. Excuse me, I am lost…
21. Would you be able to help me if he/it pleases you?
22. Or be the next gas station?
23. How me then to arrive in Paris from here?
24. there is an accident
ONE TEA ROAD
25. an accident
26. the orange fire
27. a small bridge
28. an ass of sack
29. the deviation
30. a road to four ways
31. the emergency lane
32. the green fire
33. a way
34. an area of rest
35. a freeway
36. a toll
37. a station service
38. a car pileup
39. a pedestrian
40. the red light
41. a panel of signaling
42. ????????????????
43. a small road
44. a freeway to toll
45. the fire of signaling
46. a plug, a traffic jam,
47. a passage pedestrian

YOU, YOUR BECAUSE & OTHER DRIVERS
48. the hood
49. the case
50. brakes
51. in breakdown
52. the car
53. the driver (female)
54. lamps
55. the overtaking
56. the radio
57. the mirror
58. the belt
59. ??????????
60. the speed limit
61. the tire
62. decorates it breeze
63. cogs

 

[RockieRV]

ok so the competition has been spoiled by john who appears to have answered everything, and as I have to assume the answers that are given are correct, this post is now for information purposes only

 

[vanessa]

Give the Meaning in English

IMPORTANT ROAD SIGNS
1. Arrêt = STOP
2. Cédez le passage = GIVE WAY
3. Chaussée deformer = ROAD DEFORMED / SUBSIDENCE
4. Chaussée glissante = SLIPPERY ROAD SURFACE
5. Douane = CUSTOMS (AS IN ... AND EXCISE)
6. Fin de chantier = END OF ROADWORKS
7. Ne pas dépasser = DO NOT OVERTAKE
8. Rappel = REMINDER (OFTEN WITH A SPEED LIMIT ABOVE, MEANING YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN TOLD ONCE!)
9. Ralentir = SLOW DOWN
10. Vous n’avez pas la priorité - YOU DO NOT HAVE PRIORITY (PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS "GIVE WAY")

DIRECTIONS
11. Continuez tout droite = GO STRAIGHT ON
12. Tournez à gauche = TURN LEFT
13. Tournez à droit = TURN RIGHT
14. Prenez la première gauche = TAKE FIRST TURNING ON THE LEFT
15. Prenez la deuxième gauche = TAKE THE 2ND ON THE LEFT
16. Prenez la troisième gauche = TAKE THE THIRD ON THE LEFT
17. Prenez la quatrième gauche = TAKE THE FOURTH ON THE LEFT
18. Prenez le premier droit = TAKE THE FIRST TURNING ON THE RIGHT
19. La station service est sur la gauche = THE PETROL STATION IS ON THE LEFT
HANDY PHRASES
20. Excusez-moi, je suis perdu… = EXCUSE ME, I'M LOST
21. Est-ce que vous pourriez m’aider s’il vous plait? = IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO HELP ME PLEASE?
22. Ou se trouve la station-service prochaine? = WHERE IS THE NEXT PETROL STATION?
23. Comment je puis arriver à Paris d’ici? HOW TO I GET TO PARIS FROM HERE?
24. il y a un accident = THERE HAS BEEN AN ACCIDENT
ON THE ROAD
25. un accident = AN ACCIDENT
26. le feu orange = THE ORANGE TRAFFIC LIGHT
27. un petit pont = A LITTLE BRIDGE
28. un cul de sac = EXCATLY THE SAME IN ENGLISH!
29. la déviation = A DIVERSION
30. une route à quatre voies = A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY
31. la bande d’arrêt d’urgence = HARD SHOULDER
32. le feu vert = GREEN LIGHT
33. une voie = A LANE
34. une aire de repos = A SERVICE AREA, USUALLY WITHOUT PETROL
35. une autoroute = MOTORWAY
36. un péage = TOLL ROAD
37. une station service = PETROL STATION
38. un carambolage = MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENT
39. un piéton = PEDESTRIAN
40. le feu rouge = RED LIGHT
41. un panneau de signalisation =
42. un rondpoint = A ROUNDABOUT
43. une petite route = A SMALL ROAD
44. une autoroute à peage = A TOLL-MOTORWAY
45. le feu de signalisation = INDICATORS
46. un bouchon, un embouteillage = A TRAFFIC JAM
47. un passage piéton = PAVEMENT

YOU, YOUR CAR & OTHER DRIVERS
48. le capot = THE BONNET
49. le coffre = THE BOOT
50. les freins = THE BRAKES
51. en panne = BROKEN DOWN
52. la voiture = THE CAR
53. le conducteur/la conductrice (female) - THE DRIVER
54. les lampes = THE LIGHTS (ON THE CAR)
55. le dépassement = OVERTAKING MANOUEVRE
56. le radio = THE RADIO
57. le rétroviseur = THE REAR VIEW MIRROR
58. la ceinture = SEAT BELTS
59. les chaîs = CHAIR / SEAT
60. la limite de vitesse = SPEED LIMITER
61. le pneu =TYRE
62. la pare brise = WINDSCREEN
63. les rouages

Have fun

a couple I didn't know ... but I didn't look any up anywhere.

 

[Ralph]

One other useful one would be the French for radiator cap.
Why? Well this year I opened the bonnet only to discover that I'd lost mine ( I obviously forgot to replace it or didn't tighten it properly)
So that night I got out my dictionary trying to work out what it was called in French. In the end I just couldn't figure it out, after all it isn't actually a rad cap these days, it's a screw top on the expansion bottle... well you know what I mean.
So next day, off to the garage with the van and my dodgy French. Of course, following sod's law, they didn't speak English so I took the guy out to the van, pointed and said "c'est ne pas la!" (it's not there!)oh:
But it worked! they got me one next day