The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-29
ABROAD WITHOEE'S OWN CAR
~ IDEA OP WHAT SUCH 4
"TRIP NAY COST.

on tn Olher side Even More Costly
~ Hlre a Gar From = FOreign FSFm
Some Odd Countries 10 Ne Toured.
IhInkinE Of going across this summer
70 tuFr On the other side In your carr
Rave any idea what Il may COST %
eoaHss not. for the man who has a car
ihHt Is good enough 20 DO taken across
and has an income such that he can even
consider u needn't buther abOu, lump
ssms. although he may have TO wory
about details Il is interesting. though.
Tor the man who hasn't chance on earth
a. make such a trip to know what Il might
afoount ~.
DUST 20 show what Il may cost. says
Thomas " Willy. the foreign road e4-
pert. Nho Ia With the Touring Club Of
america, ! have a man who h going
away the tlrat Of June with his wife and a
friend and a chauffeur. He has car "
gtapdari mako and power. say something
Hte % horsepower. and one Of the best
grades Of American machine. He eV-
pscts to say on the other side for two
uouths. estimated FOR him that his
trim would cost him ESQ. fine intended
hiring q car on the other side he'd prob
ably have ~ pay more. Much depends
on what country he hired the car in.
"a man who puts the management Of
his trip into the hands Of thOsa who make
Q business u IL II likely 70 have TO pay
down about 81 600 to 81 .sOO before ever he
quits this side. The things he has 10 pay
FIR are licenses. entry duties and road
fees, hut much Of this he h likely 10 get
hack. Every car that goes into England
must paw sih road fees and probably
ahEs.t so Tor licenses for the car and the
chauffeur. This i not returned.
To get into France there Is a bond Of
$3.50 and a special license Of from so 10
$50. This bond IL 70 guarantee that the
car will not remain in the country more
th4n year. That is returned In France
they demand that a chauffeur shall really
know how 10 drive. and no one gets
thcrnss there on his say 20. Whether
owner or professional chauffeur. he must
pass an examination satisfactory 10 the
Ministry Of Mines and then he gets his
hcsnss
lin Germany there 10 no fee for the
driver % the car. hut the owner must pay
Ahead Of ss5 which he gets back. The
AMERICAN license. vised by the German
C,nsnl here. is effective in Germany
.f-ItAly accepts the American driving
nc.nss without further ado, but the auto
mobilist who takes a car into that coun.
tg.y has 10 paw for IT, The bond demanded
~ 1921 eo The Spaniards ask $50. the
Ausfriana tsfs and Bslgium's IL the
highest Of all. Slo0. An these come back.
h can be sen how much II means 20 a
wan Who Is going abroad 10 have 10 put
w at this money In advance. yet that
q the most convenient way. With
t1yg pqIs, WhiOh is a certificate in three
parts showing the payments Of bonds
u ADVANCE. the automobiles is In bettsr
cas- than he used 20 b.
Il was the custom az ono time 20 nay
the bond AZ pne frontier and 10 present
e1e recrtrt AZ the other side u the conn
w on Cis gay out Sometimes tho crrss-
ING into the next country was made az
very small Tlacc. where the customs man
hadn't se~n for several years a sum Of
money like that demanded. he hustled
aro'lni through the town and tried TO
ast u t1Rether. often failing.
That meant wait n the tourists
wanted 10 get the money hack. Usually .
they did hecsuse otherwise il would he .
q very long process waiting for H. ~
Tiny asked for d In gold they were all .
he rnone art 90 be delayed. because that .
amount ~ gold would hardly bs handy
IN a small town Anything other than
eola vouldn't he a convenient thing 70
tsks over into another country.
Through correspondence Of touring
ci'ihs the thing has been arranged ~ that
t,P ariouiolalist after planning exactly
what crantries he Is 10 visit pays all the
bonding fees IN a hump sum. This IL
scnt IN parts 70 the various touring clubs
ant they IN turn make arrangements
vith their go, grhmpnts for The handling
" tae csr. Thetriptyque has three stubs. .
Ore n rAet1chsd when the car enters the
country. the date being marked on ono
~ the other sfps. Another h taken On
wheu the car leaves tho country the date .
hAlr,g. marked below that u entry on the .
slip vhrsh he nWneF keeps
" IN ~ gat- back % this side hs .
simJs presents the slip n the pNrzon
n ~ NJ h. turned over the fees in the .
erst pl4-e and the money j. refunded .
u h. dossn have this slip u will mean .
lo' ~ bother II he happens 20 cross
tho ftcntier without having the customs
TanRu IN the Zip h. has nothing 20 show
Whan ~ reiITns n this country.
'Ths man haS - make an ahidavit
thaf 10 has brought hack hi car. and that
gers through vaTiou, channels hack 10
tAs Government ~ the place h. left
Iilt iioIpTnment sani"ntly d"cida- that
. ifi y Far b. IN The United State- ID isn't
anyWh@r- @lrs and therefore that II has
iye@n- taken out II IT, luri-diotion An
order IN refund the bond followr. but IL
n Apt ~ ba u very long windrd affair
" Ulanned now - have an amended
Internal ional tirk-t syst 70 ,Asad on the
maFtmum For instance n u man j. To-
wit France. Belgium &c many and italy
~" plan "a TO have him pot up $40 That
y the ma ximuur fes u standz 90 reason
thst whNn h. v IN one country he can't
d. IN any other. -o that ~ make- lie ~
ONLY Gus b0ud AZ time n then ha hap.
rvs Ooyer-tay tn limit Of time Tor which
hsbond l. valid. iu Germany Tor instance
50 y 0anoeil-d Out II tn son and the
fnaEtmHm ticket il then worth only agI5
W must put up enough IN addition 70
max" y good incusa he goes into acnunfry
whe'" BE- bond fee is higher than Sai5
'efhefp ara several COUNTLESS IN EuroDe
- here ih' frnfysVIe does not operate and
they are Countries tnO where The auto
IiHl1iiiri r Earning more and more 10 20
Oreece. Denmark Norway and sweden
are -Ofna NJ theap You'd hs strDriaed