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card that has an embedded PIN chip, so if thieves can easily identify rental cars, as
all you’ve got is cash or a magnetic-strip they have a distinctive number on the
credit card, you could be stuck. licence plate.
Theft is especially prevalent in the
south. In cities like Marseille and Nice,
SATELLITE NAVIGATION occasional aggressive theft from cars
stopped at red lights is also an issue.
SYSTEMS
Sat-nav devices can be helpful in navigat-
ing your way around France. They’re com- RADIO
monly available at car-rental agencies, or
you can bring your own from home. Accu- For news, tune in to the French-language
racy is more dependable on main highways France Info (105.5MHz; www.franceinfo.
than in small villages or on back roads; in fr), multilanguage RFI (738kHz or 89MHz
rural areas, don’t hesitate to fall back on in Paris; www.rfi.fr) or, in northern France,
common sense, road signs and a good the BBC World Service (648kHz) and BBC
Michelin map if your sat nav seems to be Radio 4 (198kHz).
leading you astray. Popular national FM music stations in-
clude NRJ (www.nrj.fr), Virgin (www.virgin
radio.fr), La Radio Plus (www.laradioplus.
com) and Nostalgie (www.nostalgie.fr).
SAFETY In many areas, Autoroute Info
Never leave anything valuable inside your (107.7MHz) has round-the-clock traffic
car, even in the boot (trunk). Note that information.

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