speeding in france?

BillTrac

MsHoarder wrote: »

Of course, if the OP then ever goes to France and has his passport checked, the French can start legal proceedings to claim the outstanding monies.

The OP may be better off paying the fine as they know they were speeding and there will therefore not be legal repercussions at a later date.

How the hell are the french going to correlate a vehicle speeding in France with a passport? My passport doesn't have my address on it. Talk about paranoid...:rotfl:

OP, you have as much chance as being sent a speeding ticket by the French as they have of our police farce sending them one... probably zero

On the other hand they do love to stop and fine. No chance of any getting out of it then.

Mupette

My dad now lives in France and the police are clamping down big time.

Can confirmed if you are stopped they will frog march you to a cashpoint and make you pay there and then.

speeding and not caught at the time is still a grey area, but it looks like it will only be a matter of time before letters will be sent.

like another poster has said, yes they wear guns and can and do use them.

people have a choice, play the wideboy and take a huge risk, or just stick the limit and have a clear concence

Inactive

Spain has reduced it's maximum speed limit as well;

http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/255765/

hartcjhart

Inactive wrote: »

Spain has reduced it's maximum speed limit as well;

http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/255765/

indeed

Guardia Civil officers have been instructed to fine motorists driving at 116 kilometres per hour or greater on the motorway.

When the law changed recently to reduce motorway speed limits from 120 to 110 kilometres per hour, police admitted to being confused as speed cameras had only recently been re-set at 132 kilometres per hour and had not been changed as a result of the new ruling.

To be exact, speed cameras will flag up motorists driving at 116.0075 kilometres per hour, and hand-held ‘guns’ will catch them at 118.2885 kilometres per hour.

Flyboy152

johnnyroper wrote: »

yes i was thinking that,i know i was in the wrong but hey its done now i was just hoping i would get some advice on likely outcome.

i did read the UK gov were going to reject the EU speeding plan but cannot find any info about what happened in the end think the last info i found was from 09 when Gordon Brown was still at the helm,if nothing has changed since then i will be fine so long as i do not drive this car in France again as the gendams will probably pull me wanting payment.

sorry my mistake GB was in favour of the plan but this new lot said they were going to block it in nov 10 but i cannot find info if this was actually the case or when the plan was likely to be in force.

More than just being in the wrong, but driving at ninety miles per hour, with your children in the car, is not wise to say the least.

Road_Hog

Flyboy152 wrote: »

"Quote:Originally Posted by bigjl
I was told that the French where actually going to trace UK drivers for any speeding offences in France."

They do.

Not true. Please provide a link to prove different. I suggest you read the link in my earlier post.

Flyboy152

Road_Hog wrote: »

Not true. Please provide a link to prove different. I suggest you read the link in my earlier post.

Post withdrawn. I believe the legal mechanism is there to prosecute, but it is not actively enforced, yet.

johnnyroper

Flyboy152 wrote: »

More than just being in the wrong, but driving at ninety miles per hour, with your children in the car, is not wise to say the least.

Thanks for your input but like I said earlier not after a moral lesson or someones opinion on speeding just after advice about the French persuing the issue.

I know I was wrong to speed but does it make a difference if kids in car or not speeding is speeding? Have you never done 10mph over limit on our motorways?

Flyboy152

johnnyroper wrote: »

Thanks for your input but like I said earlier not after a moral lesson or someones opinion on speeding just after advice about the French persuing the issue.

I know I was wrong to speed but does it make a difference if kids in car or not speeding is speeding? Have you never done 10mph over limit on our motorways?

Not with my children in the car I haven't.

mchale

Flyboy152 wrote: »

More than just being in the wrong, but driving at ninety miles per hour, with your children in the car, is not wise to say the least.

For all you know, the OP could have been driving at 3am on a empty road, possibly much safer than 29mph on a crowded commuter road at 8.45am