French Flashers

[yosini]

Hi,

I was making good progress on a French motorway the other day in the Tivver and got flashed, not sure what the speed limit was as hadn't seen a sign for a while but might have been 90, in which case I was quite a bit over it. What happens now? Do I nervously check my postbox every morning for 'air mail'...?

Presumably they can't put points on you just a fine? Surely someone on here has been done before, need I worry?

Cheers

Joe

[Geekman]

If you were in a British registered car you've got nothing to worry about - they don't bother chasing it up.

[yosini]

This is most good news! I was wondering how they would pursue, so if the reverse were true, ie foreign registered car flashed in the uk, would the same happen?

cheers

Joe

[masermartin]

I could be wrong but I think there was a news article on here recently that said that was changing, and that the UK authorities would be "co-operating" with foreign authorities looking to track down holidaymakers who'd been snapped. Not sure when it was going to start.

[agtlaw]

masermartin said:

I could be wrong but I think there was a news article on here recently that said that was changing, and that the UK authorities would be "co-operating" with foreign authorities looking to track down holidaymakers who'd been snapped. Not sure when it was going to start.

May 2015, apparently.

[masermartin]

[Far Cough]

Geekman said:

If you were in a British registered car you've got nothing to worry about - they don't bother chasing it up.

Correct - The UK is not part of the Shengen Agreement and therefore no cross border jurisdiction. The Shengen 2 is on its way to include the UK but its purpose is not for simple speeding matters. It is for major crime and Terrorism etc.

[agtlaw]

Far Cough said:

Correct - The UK is not part of the Shengen Agreement and therefore no cross border jurisdiction. The Shengen 2 is on its way to include the UK but its purpose is not for simple speeding matters. It is for major crime and Terrorism etc.

The pending directive has nothing to do with this.

[uk_vette]

Nothing to worry about.

I was flashed some time October last year, about 100km north of Millau, over by about 50%.
never heard nothing.

Same in Belguim, by on of them tripod cameras sitting behind an armco barrier.
Again zilch.

Edited by uk_vette on Wednesday 3rd September 19:43

[EU_Foreigner]

Main reason for holidaying in continental Europe, relaxed driving ...

[9mm]

EU_Foreigner said:

Main reason for holidaying in continental Europe, relaxed driving ...

Not if they stop you. Expect to be taken to the nearest cash machine.

[anonymous-user]

A mildly bizarre tale that I have told before, but not for a while. Circa 1995 I was visited at home by a police officer attached to Interpol. Yes, Interpol. He wanted to check who had been driving my car when it was seen speeding on an Autoroute near Lyon. I told him that it was probably me (I had been on hols climbing at Chamonix with my brother, but I did most of the driving). I heard nothing further. The cop seemed as nonplussed by the whole thing as I was.

[Lotus Notes]

Interpol HQ is in Lyon..only link I could draw.

[Far Cough]

agtlaw said:

The pending directive has nothing to do with this.

"Pending"...... is exactly that , pending ......

[agtlaw]

http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/index.cfm?...

FC - not sure what your point is but this has nothing to with the nonsense you posted earlier. There's a bit of a background to this directive.

[Who Me]

Am I the only one who opened this thread hoping to find a road somewhere where French ladies give you a flash as you drive past

[Geekman]

9mm said:

Not if they stop you. Expect to be taken to the nearest cash machine.

I'd much rather be relieved of several hundred euros than have points/court/ban.