Hmm. I'll have to ask my coworker further details about his spouse's experience once he gets back from Paris and I get back from Boulder/Boston/Asheville/NYC... maybe she was just being hyper-prepared, but it would be interesting to hear if she actually had a sticky incident somewhere. It does seem like the situation is common enough that it shouldn't be a problem, but I could see it being one of those "letter of the law" almost never put into practice sort of things?