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Apart from always remembering to cycle on the right side of the road, it is important to take care at roundabouts which come in all shapes and sizes and spring up all over the place. Do not be surprised to find that a junction mentioned in this guidebook is now a mini roundabout – the French love building them. Traffic already on a roundabout has the right of way. You will often see signs indicating that you do not have right of way (vous n'avez pas la priorité) or that you must give way (cédez le passage). At junctions, traffic coming from the right has right of way (priorité à droite), even if they are on a minor road. Traffic on these roads, however, must give way to you if they have a stop sign. You know you have right of way if you see the sign with a yellow diamond inside a white one.

If a road has a cycle lane or path, you must use it. Drivers do not take kindly to cyclists who ignore a cycle path and hold up traffic on a narrow stretch of road. A cycle path (piste cyclable) is usually indicated by a white bicycle symbol on a blue background, or could be a narrow green track with a white bicycle symbol painted on it. A cycle lane (usually about a metre wide) will run along the extreme right of the road and also has a bicycle symbol painted on it.