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00:00who never said, after making contact,
00:02« en voiture Simone » to mark the beginning of a car trip.
00:06These three words were not chosen by chance
00:09and do not refer to any Simone.
00:11The expression pays homage to Simone Louise Des Forestes,
00:15one of the first French women to obtain a driving license.
00:18Passionate about cars, Simone was only 19
00:21when she got her driving license
00:23at the first women-only driving school
00:25created in Versailles in 1928 by Suzanne Amélie Meyer.
00:29Simone is one of the first in the Hexagone
00:32to have obtained the precious sesame.