Can confirm totally, Pat. As a matter of fact it can be even worse sometimes for tourists: France adopted a "microchip" on the credit cards over 10 years ago. That means you do not need to sign your card slip anymore, you just dial your PIN. But it is my experience that this doesn't work all the time with my UK Visa. I am lucky enough to have a French Visa as well, but I can imagine the frustration of someone not speaking the language and stuck in a petrol station with no attendant. I must say however that this is mainly a problem with petrol station within those Supermarkets which are closed on Sunday. On the motorways, service stations have an obligation to stay open 24/7, and even when some pumps are automatic, there will always be others which are not. So feel free to go there (it really is a wonderful country apart from the fact they completely lost it yesterday: must be a virus... Austria, Italy, Denmark, and now France. Not to mention our friends from across the pond who have a lesser strain (but so much more potent)... No insult intended. Just furious about what happened in France yesterday, and having to vote for a pathological liar and crook to stop a fascist, hence having a go at everyone.
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