Speeding fines to be transmitted to the UK

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I see in the local English edition French paper "The Connexion" that as from 2017 any infringements will be sent back for points to be added in the UK. This seems to be a Europe-wide agreement. Enjoy while you can, lads.

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If I could get my bloody scanner to work I'd put up the article, but here are the salient words:-

"British registered drivers caught by radars speeding in France are to get fines sent in the post to their UK homes - but not until 2017. It comes as European transport ministers agreed that an information sharing everywhere despite the UK, Ireland and Denmark previously opting out........

A Transport Department spokeswoman said the UK now backs the plan as "it is not right that foreign drivers go unpunished in the UK". The scheme means that Britons with French holiday homes will no longer go unpunished in France, nor will French-registered cars get away with offences in the UK"

There is more, but that is the nub of the article in The Connexion and while I haven't looked you might be able to read it on www.connexionfrance.com.

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Unfortunately the same old epithets are still being spouted. You speed in France and are given a ticket. If you haven't got a French cheque book it is either cash or go to the hole in the wall and draw out enough to pay the fine. If it's a French registered car you get the fine through the post. Of course, if you were the BiB in France you would no doubt accept the statement that "I'll pay the fine from the UK", even if they could understand you. Not 'alf you would. If you keep the ticket, you can check the position of the fine on the government web site, thus having the proof that the fine for the offence has been weighed and paid, not stuck in the back pocket for a night out with the lads. The new system gives the French the right to pursue you for the fine if you are caught by a fixed camera, not the boys at the side of the road. Sadly, it is going to be the same for me in the UK, where I have really enjoyed having fun where average speeds are in force and also the fixed radars. Sic transit Gloria.