Getting to Monaco avoiding France....

[Gaspode]

Davidonly said:

Roads are of great quality but being on UK plates and doing a sensible 90 mph can cause you a problem.

Eh? It's 750 miles from Calais to Genoa. If you were to do the whole stretch at 90 mph (not that one could, of course) it would take 8 hours 20 minutes. If on the other hand you were to do it at 85mph, which wouldn't cause you to have your collar felt by les Flics, it would take 8 hours 50 minutes.

Seems a bit daft to me to avoid the quickest and best route for the sake of backing off a tad on the loud pedal...

[northwest monkey]

Some real retards on this thread. In fact, I can't work out if they are trolls or just genuinely fking stupid.

[TooMany2cvs]

Disastrous said:

I'm all for them! Just for other people to obey...not me.

'cos you're _special_...

[Monkeylegend]

TooMany2cvs said:

Disastrous said:

I'm all for them! Just for other people to obey...not me.

'cos you're _special_...

'cos he's on a wind up most likely.


OP, have you thought about hiring a personal jet?

[berlintaxi]

Ferry from Harwich to Esbjerg, drive to Oslo, ferry to Kiel and straight down through Germany and Italy, that will show les Flic what they can do with their speeding tickets.

Edited by berlintaxi on Thursday 10th July 08:43

[Geekman]

Have you actually received any paperwork from these tickets? If it's simply the fact that you've been flashed by a camera, there's no need to worry as they don't chase them up.

[bad company]

Davidonly said:

In some ways the cynical approach of the French authorities makes it less appealing than Switzerland's admittedly tough (equally misguided) line on motoring velocity.

Agree. At least the Swiss impose the same rules on citizens from all countries including their own.

[Bluebarge]

bad company said:

Yes Mrs BC & I do exactly the same. We also make sure the fuel tank is filled so that we don't spend any money in France.

Do you also hold your breath as you drive through?

[Disastrous]

Monkeylegend said:

TooMany2cvs said:

Disastrous said:

I'm all for them! Just for other people to obey...not me.

'cos you're _special_...

'cos he's on a wind up most likely.


OP, have you thought about hiring a personal jet?

To a degree, but life would be much easier if I could do as I please whilst everyone else obeyed the law, don't you think?

That's part of the allure of 'abroad' though, isn't it? One can go and commit minor motoring offences free from the long arm of the British law...Or it used to be, anyway.

[Markytop]

At the risk of being vaguely sensible for a moment, if you are wanting to avoid France, don't you think the the flaw in the plan is going to Calais in the first place?

Given the number plate recognition cameras that you have to drive past to get out the port, I would think the likelihood of getting stopped is higher in the first few hundred yards off the boat than probably during the rest of the trip down through the country towards Monaco.

[Lost soul]

Disastrous said:

There isn't a lawless utopia I can emigrate to, so the best option is to simply obey the law here out of necessity and break it abroad.


Which also answers your final question.

Edited by Disastrous on Wednesday 9th July 00:36

Somalia ,, just a thought

[Disastrous]

Lost soul said:

Disastrous said:

There isn't a lawless utopia I can emigrate to, so the best option is to simply obey the law here out of necessity and break it abroad.


Which also answers your final question.

Edited by Disastrous on Wednesday 9th July 00:36

Somalia ,, just a thought

sthole. Just a thought.

[Lost soul]

Disastrous said:

Lost soul said:

Disastrous said:

There isn't a lawless utopia I can emigrate to, so the best option is to simply obey the law here out of necessity and break it abroad.


Which also answers your final question.

Edited by Disastrous on Wednesday 9th July 00:36

Somalia ,, just a thought

sthole. Just a thought.

then stop being a tt and pay your bills , or don't go to France for a holiday

If you cant do the time don't do the crime

[Disastrous]

Lost soul said:

Disastrous said:

Lost soul said:

Disastrous said:

There isn't a lawless utopia I can emigrate to, so the best option is to simply obey the law here out of necessity and break it abroad.


Which also answers your final question.

Edited by Disastrous on Wednesday 9th July 00:36

Somalia ,, just a thought

sthole. Just a thought.

then stop being a tt and pay your bills , or don't go to France for a holiday

If you cant do the time don't do the crime

Pay your bills? To the French?? Nonsense.

[Lost soul]

Disastrous said:

Lost soul said:

Disastrous said:

Lost soul said:

Disastrous said:

There isn't a lawless utopia I can emigrate to, so the best option is to simply obey the law here out of necessity and break it abroad.


Which also answers your final question.

Edited by Disastrous on Wednesday 9th July 00:36

Somalia ,, just a thought

sthole. Just a thought.

then stop being a tt and pay your bills , or don't go to France for a holiday

If you cant do the time don't do the crime

Pay your bills? To the French?? Nonsense.

nonsense you say on here but you are not man enough to drive in France , you sound like a fking idiot

[Disastrous]

Lost soul said:

Disastrous said:

Lost soul said:

Disastrous said:

Lost soul said:

Disastrous said:

There isn't a lawless utopia I can emigrate to, so the best option is to simply obey the law here out of necessity and break it abroad.


Which also answers your final question.

Edited by Disastrous on Wednesday 9th July 00:36

Somalia ,, just a thought

sthole. Just a thought.

then stop being a tt and pay your bills , or don't go to France for a holiday

If you cant do the time don't do the crime

Pay your bills? To the French?? Nonsense.

nonsense you say on here but you are not man enough to drive in France , you sound like a fking idiot

Again, I'm not the OP. Also, punctuation would make you sound (read?) less like a fking idiot. But thanks.

[bad company]

Disastrous said:

Pay your bills? To the French?? Nonsense.

Sounds good to me. If I had the chance not pay them that's exactly what I would do.

[SilverSixer]

Are there no UK-Oostende ferries these days?

[g3org3y]

bad company said:

Yes Mrs BC & I do exactly the same. We also make sure the fuel tank is filled so that we don't spend any money in France.

Pourquoi?

RicksAlfas said:

OP - if I had an M5 I'd be wanting to spend some time on the Route Napoleon.

Indeed. A great bit of road.

Pay the fines and enjoy your holiday rather than looking over your shoulder in the rear view mirror during the times you are in France.

Were the previous fines/offences committed in the M5 also?

[bad company]

g3org3y said:

bad company said:

Yes Mrs BC & I do exactly the same. We also make sure the fuel tank is filled so that we don't spend any money in France.

Pourquoi?

Read these:-


http://www.driving.co.uk/news/british-holidaymaker...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23619783