French Speeding Fine

[Tourershine]

British holidaymakers to dodge EU speeding fines

Sweet. I've had 4 in my years of driving in Europe, and that's in my Motorhome which is obviously a really fast sports vehicle
If this turns out to be the case, I can speed at my hearts content. However, I suspect that loophole will somehow get addressed pretty quickly.

 

[Loz]

They will just record it against your reg and demand cash next time you stop at the border..

 

[Murdoch]

The french police will still stop you and demand cash on the spot and if you don’t have enough cash they will escort you to the nearest cash point

 

[Loz]

The french police will still stop you and demand cash on the spot and if you don’t have enough cash they will escort you to the nearest cash point

Exactly, it happened to a mate of mine.

 

[VioletVW]

The french police will still stop you and demand cash on the spot and if you don’t have enough cash they will escort you to the nearest cash point

This happened to me a few years back. No messing, get to a cash point and pay now..

 

[Fluff34567]

Tbh nothing wrong with that, the issue will be is they rely on the reg then it will upto you to prove it wasn't you.

 

[Murdoch]

This happened to me a few years back. No messing, get to a cash point and pay now..

I quite agree.

The UK police should do it to the French speeders in the UK too

 

[DXX]

Follow the speed limit, it’s there for a reason the same as in this country. Last time I was in France they used the same digits as us.

 

[Loz]

(yawn)

 

[AK06FR]

Being an UK EXPAT living in France local intel (gossip among fellow Brits) is if you're driving offence warrants it (including accumulation) the French will take you to court and issue you with a French driving licence and then ban you from driving in France. This seems to be the quickest way to obtain a licence here!!! I've been waiting months to exchange my UK licence for a French one - not sure how happy I am to hand in my UK licence ....

 

[JOG]

Follow the speed limit, it’s there for a reason the same as in this country. Last time I was in France they used the same digits as us.

I agree! I think the issue is that it can be very difficult to determine what the limits are as they can be variable according to weather. It is made worse as the driver isn’t allowed to use speed limit reminders/warnings/information from their sat nav

 

[Dieseldonkey]

Don't know how accurate this table is, but check out Norway!

Your all getting the Jail!

SpeedingEurope - ultimate information on European speeding and traffic violations

The complete reference on European speeding and traffic tickets

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[Jlo]

British holidaymakers to dodge EU speeding fines

Useful bit of info, thanks!

 

[AK06FR]

In my experience if you get pinged on the motorway by a fixed or average speed camera you aren't really paying attention, all the fixed camera sites have warning signs. And imo 110 / 130KPH is plenty fast enough for my van.

 

[A Bridge Too Far]

Just to clarify on speed limit warnings.. based on what disclaimers TomTom issues on set up and from some reaserch done18 months ago before may last trip.

You can have a speed limit reminder (one that constantly show the speed limit and tells you when you are over it (tomtom, google both have this as well as most new BMW and Mercedes if you pay for it).

You cannot have alerts that show the location of speed cameras or police check points. Or radar detectors.

You can have alerts for high risk zones, i.e. where accidents have occured, so if you use TomTom in France it will have a zone normally about 2km long that has a history of speeding or accidents, or maybe a school. Most have a speed camera somewhere in thise zones but this cannot be marked.

I use TomTom, Waze and Google depending on what I am doing, When you set up the TomTom for Europe it has the above a disclaimers for France and wont let you turn on camera alerts but will do the 'danger zones'

Apologies if the terminology is incorrect.

 

[cgtmiles]

My days of speeding through to the south of France over night are over thanks to the van (#taketheslowroad) but the concerning part of this is that whereas France has natural breaks in traffic flow caused by the toll booths so they only have to set up a camera then wait for people to come to them (and have the manpower to do it), the Uk does not, we are fully reliant on automatic cameras so all non Uk cars will have no comebacks. They are more likely to be stopped by customs for bringing in a ham sandwich!

 

[Scruffy]

Who the hell wants to do more than 130KPH in their van anyway? Unless you really love filling up every hour.

 

[Texxaco]

British holidaymakers to dodge EU speeding fines

Gumball VW Van run through France when Covid has gone away anyone???

 

[Texxaco]

I agree! I think the issue is that it can be very difficult to determine what the limits are as they can be variable according to weather. It is made worse as the driver isn’t allowed to use speed limit reminders/warnings/information from their sat nav

We traveled through France on our way to Italy at the start of the year. Hard work when the weather changes in France, although the Q5 did read the speed signs and advised of the changes in the speed limit, it even changed the speed icon to show rain. Would love to have that on the van.

 

[Dannyb6467]

Gumball VW Van run through France when Covid has gone away anyone???

Yes please...id love it.