Anyone over 14 can drive a VSP car in France without a license

If you plan to drive in France, beware one could be heading straight for you at the next roundabout.Carolyn Brown,who lives part of the year in Brittany,has a cautionary tale about a very small car.
Losing one's driving license in the UK is a serious matter,expensive, and, to say the least,very inconvenient.
Buut in France, no license? No problem. You can simply go shopping for a VSP, a Voiture sans permis a small two-seater car that anyone aged 14 or over can take out on the road with as little as four hours' experience behind the wheel,sometimes not even that.
It's impossible to say how many there are as no official figures exist. It is what the French call a Chiffre noir, an unknown quantity.
You'll probably hear them coming first,a high-pitched whine like a sewing machine being run at full throttle if you get stuck behind one on a windy rural lane, tant pis. The top speed is 45km per hour (28mph). It's probably a good idea to stop in the next lay-by and admire the view for a while rather than sit fuming in its wake.
On market day in my nearest town here in
Brittany,the littlevoitures sans permis splutter
into the main street. Although the literal
translation is "car without a license," the driver
anyone aged 14 or over can take out on theroad with as little as four hours' experiencebehind the wheel,sometimes not even that.
It's impossible to say how many there are asno official figures exist. It is what the Frenchcall a Chiffre noir,an unknown quantity.
You'll probably hear them coming first, ahigh-pitched whine like a sewing machinebeing run at full throttle if you get stuck behindone on a windy rural lane, tant pis. The topspeed is 45km per hour (28mph). It's probablya good idea to stop in the next lay-by andadmire the view for a while rather than sitfuming in its wake.
On market day in my nearest town here inBrittany, the little voitures sans permis splutterinto the main street.Although the literaltranslation is "car without a license," the driverdoesn't need to bother themself with anyproof of ability behind the wheel.
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