Caught speeding ... What should I expect now?
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Not like me, normally keep speed for track days, but after a dull few hundred miles I was tempted into a quick blast of speed on a safe open road with good visibilty and no side roads. Despite no more than a few seconds over the limit, and with ultimate bad luck I was clocked at that very moment.
139kph in a 90kph limit. No question so i deserve it, but still feeling sorry for myself having been good for the rest of the trip!!
So the fine was 135 euros and they removed my license (fortunately my mate was insured to drive).
I was advised the ban could be 5 months but they could not confirm, but my license would be returned to the UK.
So my question is, what should I expect? Is a 5 month ban likely to be right? If so I will need to cancel the family holiday to France in August, which wont be good news.
Any thoughts or advice on likely outcome welcome.
139kph in a 90kph limit. No question so i deserve it, but still feeling sorry for myself having been good for the rest of the trip!!
So the fine was 135 euros and they removed my license (fortunately my mate was insured to drive).
I was advised the ban could be 5 months but they could not confirm, but my license would be returned to the UK.
So my question is, what should I expect? Is a 5 month ban likely to be right? If so I will need to cancel the family holiday to France in August, which wont be good news.
Any thoughts or advice on likely outcome welcome.
Thanks guys. Looks like i got off lightly on the fine, one more kph and it could have been expensive.
Any thoughts on the chances of a ban? They seemed to think there would be one, but if i dont hear and go for a duplicate it could be very risky driving in france for quite a while, nor would i want to break the law unwittingly by driving with a suspended license (whether notified or not). Having asked around i have found one person who had a license returned to the uk in about 4 weeks, but other than that am still in the dark as to how likely a ban is.
Any thoughts on the chances of a ban? They seemed to think there would be one, but if i dont hear and go for a duplicate it could be very risky driving in france for quite a while, nor would i want to break the law unwittingly by driving with a suspended license (whether notified or not). Having asked around i have found one person who had a license returned to the uk in about 4 weeks, but other than that am still in the dark as to how likely a ban is.
Thought I would report back the final outcome in case it helps anyone else. Got notified about a week ago and IF my dodgy translation was right I think it was 16 days !!
Sure enough license arrived back yesterday, and I am good to go.
Short sharp shock approach perhaps, and on balance very fair I think. That said a few kph more, or no second driver in the car, and it may have been a lot more difficult to manage.
Thanks to everyone for the advice. (By the way, sorry about the confusing user names, it is just PC posts v mobile posts. Must sort that out sometime).
Sure enough license arrived back yesterday, and I am good to go.
Short sharp shock approach perhaps, and on balance very fair I think. That said a few kph more, or no second driver in the car, and it may have been a lot more difficult to manage.
Thanks to everyone for the advice. (By the way, sorry about the confusing user names, it is just PC posts v mobile posts. Must sort that out sometime).
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