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Car hire in California can be wonderful way of exploring the country or region and enabling you to explore the untouched areas where tourist day trips do not reach. Below is some general information which will help your car rental in California be a pleasurable experience.

Currency
us dollar

1 us dollar = 100 cents.

Notes: $1,000, $500, $100, $50, $20, $10, $5, $2 and $1

Coins: $1 and 50, 25, 10, 5 and 1 cents

Time difference
the us stretches across 6 time
zones:

Eastern standard time: gmt - 5 central standard time: gmt - 6
Mountain standard time: gmt - 7
Pacific standard time: gmt - 8
Alaska: gmt - 9
Hawaii: gmt - 10

Bank opening
Variable but generally open mon-fri 0900-1500

Public holidays in 2001
These are federal holidays. each state may have additional holidays:

New year's day - 1 jan
Martin luther king day - 15 jan
President day - 19 feb
Memorial day - 28 may
Independence day - 4 july
Labour day - 3 sept
Columbus day - 8 oct
Veteran's day - 12 nov
Thanksgiving day - 22 nov
Christmas day - 25 dec

Driving rules
Speed limits
There are 50 states in the u.s. with their own laws, speed limits vary. interstate Tpeed limits range between 55 and 75 mph and in montana there are none.
Limited access rural interstates - 55 to 75 mph (montana - none).
Limited access urban interstates - 55 to 70 mph.
Other limited access roads and other roads - 45 to 70 mph (d.c. - 25).

Drink and driving
All states except massachusetts and south carolina and the district of columbia prohibit drinking and driving. in some states, blood alcohol concentration can be as low as 0.08% for conviction.

General driving
drive on the right, overtake on the left.

Forty-nine states (all except new hampshire) and the district of columbia have mandatory safety belt laws. in most states, these laws cover front-seat occupants only, although belt laws in 12 jurisdictions (alaska, california, district of columbia, kentucky, maine, massachusetts, montana, nevada, oregon, rhode island, vermont, and washington) cover all rear seat occupants, too.

While a school bus is loading or unloading, traffic in both directions must stop.

Beware of the strange custom in Georgia where if you 'carve up' a driver, you should raise two fingers (v sign) to them to indicate your regret.

There are no roundabouts in the usa but lots of crossroads. therefore, everyone sits and waits - there seems to be an unwritten courtesy about who goes first.

When leaving an interstate, slow down only when you are totally in the deceleration lane.

Travel tips
the united states of america is one of the largest countries in the world and covers most of the north american continent. it has coasts on the atlantic, pacific and arctic oceans, the caribbean and the gulf of mexico.

It shares borders with mexico in the south and canada in the north and covers a diversity of geographical features and climates ranges. english is the language spoken in the united states, however there are a significant number of spanish-speaking minorities.