France

[vixpy1]

Got flashed by a camera doing 145kph in a 110kph zone last night, what can i expect?

[ali_kat]

To be locked up and have the key thrown away

[Balmoral Green]

For the time being, probably nowt.

[Joe911]

vixpy1 said:

Got flashed by a camera doing 145kph in a 110kph zone last night, what can i expect?

Admiration?

[vixpy1]

there was a nice sign telling me that there was a camera ahead, i looked at it.. and thougt about what it meant.. realised there was a camerea ahead.. and FLASH

[autismuk]

I've heard about how bad France is. Just driven all the way to Spain & back ; Cameras seen, none. Speed traps, one. A few signs here and there.

[catso]

autismuk said:

I've heard about how bad France is. Just driven all the way to Spain & back ; Cameras seen, none. Speed traps, one. A few signs here and there.

It's still far better than here, I went to France in may/june saw a few fixed cameras (all well signed in advance) and one Gendarme with a 'hairdryer' in about 2,000 miles.

I did get caught there a few years back @ 200+kmh on the autoroute and got a large fine , didn't have enough currency so was escorted to a bank to get some (hey at least while they were with me no-one else was getting scammed) and I did get a demand from the court (by post) for some more money a few months later (which I duly 'filed' ) but I don't expect they'll bother if you weren't stopped - not worth the hassle.

[pgm]

I drove from Spain to Germany last week.

We had about 4 traps on our side and the same on the other side in France, one of which my wife was caught on.

We were doing 140 odd kph on our clock in a 130 limit and French cars were flying past us and the speed trap. Sadly us and a Luxembourg car were singled out and pulled over. We were accused of travelling at 166kph and fined 90 euros.

I had a lucky escape later in the day when I braked for a speed trap just short of Luxembourg. People were being pulled over by the police at the peage some 30 miles later.

This together with an altercation with French Police at the Dunkerque port means I totally hate France and will try not to ever return there. In fact the Gendarmes kindly stamped my passport saying I am never welcome in the land of garlic and homosexuality ever again and to kindly drive through the tunnel to Belgium next time I want to enter Europe.

Sadly, I am unaware of this new tunnel, could anyone shed light on it for me?

Cheers
Paul

[blueyes]

catso said:

[quote=autismuk]I did get caught there a few years back @ 200+kmh on the autoroute and got a large fine

Ah the good old days!

In July, A31 heading north, Cruise set at 160kph, curlers set on medium, Le plod with le flic and le moto, relieved me of 90 francs for 165kph (nearly argued... but thankfully held my tongue) Anyway, after a chat with him, he told me >179kph and it's licence confiscation time... and being a lone driver... car confiscation until a licenced driver turned up.

That said, 105mph for 62 quid and no points isn't too bad. Don't they hang you in the U.K. for that?

[cooperman]

ABOUT THE FRENCH.


"France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by prostitutes."

-Mark Twain

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"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one
behind me." --General George S. Patton

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"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your
accordion." -Norman Schwartzkopf

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"We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it."

--Marge Simpson

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"As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure."

--Jacques Chirac, President of France

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"As far as France is concerned, you're right."

--Rush Limbaugh

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"The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee."

--Regis Philbin

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"You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the
face for it."

--John McCain , U.S. Senator from Arizona

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"The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into Paris under a German flag."

--David Letterman

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"Only thing worse than a Frenchman is a Frenchman who lives in Canada ."

--Ted Nugent

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"War without France would be like ... World War II."

--Unknown

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"The favorite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is one that says
'First Iraq, then France.'"

--Tom Brokaw

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"What do you expect from a culture and a nation that exerted more of its national will fighting against Disney World and Big Macs than the Nazis?"

--Dennis Miller

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"It is important to remember that the French have always been there when they needed us."

--Alan Kent

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"They've taken their own precautions against al-Qa'ida. To prepare for an attack, each Frenchman is urged to keep duct tape, a white flag, and a three-day supply of mistresses in the house."

--Argus Hamilton

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"Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being
advertised on eBay the other day --the description was, 'Never shot.
Dropped once.'"

--Rep. Roy Blunt, MO

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"The French will only agree to go to war when we've proven we've found truffles in Iraq "

--Dennis Miller

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Q. What did the mayor of Paris say to the German Army as they entered the city in WWII? A. Table for 100,000 m'sieur?

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"Do you know how many Frenchmen it takes to defend Paris ? It's not known, it's never been tried."

--Rep. R. Blount, MO

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"Do you know it only took Germany three days to conquer France in WWII? And that's because it was raining."

--John Xereas, Manager, DC Improv

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The AP and UPI reported that the French Government announced after the London bombings that it has raised its terror alert level from Run to Hide.
The only two higher levels in France are Surrender and Collaborate. The rise in the alert level was precipitated by a recent fire which destroyed France's white flag factory, effectively disabling their military.

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French Ban Fireworks at Euro Disney

(AP), Paris , March 5, 2003

The French Government announced today that it is imposing a ban on the use of fireworks at Euro Disney. The decision comes the day after a nightly fireworks display at the park, located just 30 miles outside of Paris, caused the soldiers at a nearby French Army garrison to surrender to a group of Czech tourists