British tourists and expats must get Beyonce’s song out of their heads! (You know, “to the left, to the left…” Ok. anyway.)

There have been several accidents caused by English people driving on the left side of the street in France, so a small French town (Flers) in the north has launched a campaign reminding them to cut it out. There are posters up and they give drivers stickers to put inside their cars. This reminds me of when we were driving in England, we put post-its inside the car like this, “<–LEFT!” Silly, but that saved our lives, probably.

This also brings up the subject of why British people do not have to take a driver’s test when living in France. Their English driver’s licenses are automatically permitted in France, while other drivers, like say, from United States, have to take a test if they live in France more than a year. C’mon, the English freakin’ drive on the left!!! (Yes! I’m bitter.)

Back to the story. Here’s an excerpt:

“Police in a small town in northern France have launched a poster campaign to remind British expatriates and tourists to drive on the right side of the road — literally…”

Read the full article from Associated Press