Make sure your RAC cover is European cover as the full cover only extends to Europe if you apply for it. You need to carry spare bulbs etc. in certain European countries but not sure what France requires. Never really took notice of the local peculiarities while I lived there. Be aware too with French roundabouts, if you're on it you have to give way to traffic coming onto it rather than you having right of way all the way round. Always amusing to sit at a bar on Place Saint George in Toulouse and watch tourists getting it wrong.
