Culture-LesFrancaisetlaVoiture

Les Français et la Voiture  France is one of the biggest automobile producers in the world. Automakers, Renault and Peugeot-Citroën make a large variety of automobiles.  You have to be eighteen years old to get your driver's license (un permis de conduire) in France. You have to pass a very hard driving test. They can start driving at sixteen if they're taking lessons at a driving school (auto-école) and if they have an adult in the car with them. These lessons are expensive; it might cost them 300 euros by the time they actually get their license.  Their driver's license has points on it, it's called a permis à points (license with points). It has 12 points on it. If they commit a traffic violation, points are deducted. If all 12 points are taken away, then so is their license. 