French BIB A26 Northbound Junctions 4 - 3 SPEED TRAP
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Our garlic loving frenchies up to their old tricks.
They favour Sundays as many brits are heading homeward, rushing for the channel crossing
They position themselves besides the motorway, with a camera on a tripod, photo you as you speed by, which records your speed,
phone their mate up the road with your vehicle details. No need to chase you as their mate is positioned just after the peage at Junc 3 and pulls you over as you exit the tolls. 90 Euros cash if you get caught ! Got done myself 2 years ago, so was aware yesterday, when they had pulled 3 brits
They favour Sundays as many brits are heading homeward, rushing for the channel crossing
They position themselves besides the motorway, with a camera on a tripod, photo you as you speed by, which records your speed,
phone their mate up the road with your vehicle details. No need to chase you as their mate is positioned just after the peage at Junc 3 and pulls you over as you exit the tolls. 90 Euros cash if you get caught ! Got done myself 2 years ago, so was aware yesterday, when they had pulled 3 brits
dcb said:
dumpedbyablonde said:
90 Euros cash if you get caught !
My information is that they don't issue tickets until you are doing more than 160 kmh.
It is your choice to do more than 30 kmh
over the limit.
Personally, I put the cruise on 99 mph,
pop a good CD on and have a nice singalong.
It's everybodies right to speed, it's not their fault they get caught and punished, it's the fault of the people catching the law breakers for the law breakers getting punished... people have a right to do what ever they please if they personally want to, it's not our right to invent laws stopping them and actually policing those laws
When will you learn !!!
The Almighty said:
dcb said:
dumpedbyablonde said:
90 Euros cash if you get caught !
My information is that they don't issue tickets until you are doing more than 160 kmh.
It is your choice to do more than 30 kmh
over the limit.
Personally, I put the cruise on 99 mph,
pop a good CD on and have a nice singalong.
It's everybodies right to speed, it's not their fault they get caught and punished, it's the fault of the people catching the law breakers for the law breakers getting punished... people have a right to do what ever they please if they personally want to, it's not our right to invent laws stopping them and actually policing those laws
When will you learn !!!
Thats rubbish. Yes there are laws against speeding but generally in good conditions, driving on a motorway at 90-100mph is perfectly safe as shown in Germany.
The reason people are annoyed by it is because we here of so many crimes that go unattended and easy targets like the motorist are picked on. I think motorists have every right to feel agrieved given how we are milked for absolutely everything.
The reason people are annoyed by it is because we here of so many crimes that go unattended and easy targets like the motorist are picked on. I think motorists have every right to feel agrieved given how we are milked for absolutely everything.
H_Kan said:
Thats rubbish. Yes there are laws against speeding but generally in good conditions, driving on a motorway at 90-100mph is perfectly safe as shown in Germany.
The reason people are annoyed by it is because we here of so many crimes that go unattended and easy targets like the motorist are picked on. I think motorists have every right to feel agrieved given how we are milked for absolutely everything.
SOME motorists are an easy target because they make themselves and easy targetThe reason people are annoyed by it is because we here of so many crimes that go unattended and easy targets like the motorist are picked on. I think motorists have every right to feel agrieved given how we are milked for absolutely everything.
Ok, a couple of months back my mate and I were driving down a 40 limit A road with 2-3 lanes in each direction. The road was practically deserted and so he was driving at a perfectly safe 52mph in a well maintained car. Unfortunately we were snapped by a bib using a radar gun, they were in an unmarked BMW and were just meters away from a BMW showroom.
Compare this to some scrote who threw a can of soup/beans at another friends car, (while driving) and despite being indentified as a local trouble maker, the police didn't want to know. This was despite the can being recovered and the road this happened on is quite busy and is probably covered by cctv.
Explain how my mate, who was driving sensibly wasn't targetted as an easy catch.
Compare this to some scrote who threw a can of soup/beans at another friends car, (while driving) and despite being indentified as a local trouble maker, the police didn't want to know. This was despite the can being recovered and the road this happened on is quite busy and is probably covered by cctv.
Explain how my mate, who was driving sensibly wasn't targetted as an easy catch.
The Almighty said:
H_Kan said:
Thats rubbish. Yes there are laws against speeding but generally in good conditions, driving on a motorway at 90-100mph is perfectly safe as shown in Germany.
The reason people are annoyed by it is because we here of so many crimes that go unattended and easy targets like the motorist are picked on. I think motorists have every right to feel agrieved given how we are milked for absolutely everything.
SOME motorists are an easy target because they make themselves and easy targetThe reason people are annoyed by it is because we here of so many crimes that go unattended and easy targets like the motorist are picked on. I think motorists have every right to feel agrieved given how we are milked for absolutely everything.
There's quite a lot of support for trafpol on here, support I'd share in if they were busting MLMs and tailgaters and the like, but if they're going to be used manning speed traps I'd as soon they joined the rest of the parasites from the SCPs and ACPO on the dole.
There are too many laws, there really only need to be two:
- no theiving
- no thuggery
H_Kan said:
Ok, a couple of months back my mate and I were driving down a 40 limit A road with 2-3 lanes in each direction. The road was practically deserted and so he was driving at a perfectly safe 52mph in a well maintained car. Unfortunately we were snapped by a bib using a radar gun, they were in an unmarked BMW and were just meters away from a BMW showroom.
Compare this to some scrote who threw a can of soup/beans at another friends car, (while driving) and despite being indentified as a local trouble maker, the police didn't want to know. This was despite the can being recovered and the road this happened on is quite busy and is probably covered by cctv.
Explain how my mate, who was driving sensibly wasn't targetted as an easy catch.
He was speeding, whether you think it's safe or not is irrelivent.... you can't pick and choose the laws you want to follow, you have to follow them all. Can you imagine what state the country would be in if we allowed people to decide for themselves what laws they abided by and what laws they didn't??? we wouldn't know where the Compare this to some scrote who threw a can of soup/beans at another friends car, (while driving) and despite being indentified as a local trouble maker, the police didn't want to know. This was despite the can being recovered and the road this happened on is quite busy and is probably covered by cctv.
Explain how my mate, who was driving sensibly wasn't targetted as an easy catch.
we wereA person speeds, they get caught...they get punished. end of story
The Almighty said:
H_Kan said:
Ok, a couple of months back my mate and I were driving down a 40 limit A road with 2-3 lanes in each direction. The road was practically deserted and so he was driving at a perfectly safe 52mph in a well maintained car. Unfortunately we were snapped by a bib using a radar gun, they were in an unmarked BMW and were just meters away from a BMW showroom.
Compare this to some scrote who threw a can of soup/beans at another friends car, (while driving) and despite being indentified as a local trouble maker, the police didn't want to know. This was despite the can being recovered and the road this happened on is quite busy and is probably covered by cctv.
Explain how my mate, who was driving sensibly wasn't targetted as an easy catch.
He was speeding, whether you think it's safe or not is irrelivent.... you can't pick and choose the laws you want to follow, you have to follow them all. Can you imagine what state the country would be in if we allowed people to decide for themselves what laws they abided by and what laws they didn't??? we wouldn't know where the Compare this to some scrote who threw a can of soup/beans at another friends car, (while driving) and despite being indentified as a local trouble maker, the police didn't want to know. This was despite the can being recovered and the road this happened on is quite busy and is probably covered by cctv.
Explain how my mate, who was driving sensibly wasn't targetted as an easy catch.
we wereA person speeds, they get caught...they get punished. end of story
You cannot play conkers..play games of tiggy tag in the playground or even have a playground scrap without some jobsworthy interfering in normal kiddy's playtime - which ist part of our growing up und development.
I think the country ist in a severe state of shocked apathy und unable to work out what ist really dangeoous as a result
of all these silly laws. As for the 52 mph in the urban 40 mph dual carriageway - perhaps some of these roads need re-audit as regards speed limit - or a variable whereby a higher limit apply at "off-peak" times.
But the more dangerous situation was the missile chucking yob. He'd cause a collision at 10 mph if his missile hit or went through a windscreen. There was a young man in the Bolton press. He passenger in car. He hit when brick when through passenger door window. He brain damaged .. seriously so. At least the police did find this yob who got mere 3 years prison for this. Oh the speed?
It was built up residential - driver was no more than 20 mph max at any one time according to the story in the paper at the time back to the initial topic.....the usual speed trap on the Northbound A26 is about 5km before Junction 6.
They park on the slip raod of the village called Verqigne and then radio ahead to the tolls which are just before junction 3.
Obviously no-one comes off at Junctions 6, 5 or 4 if they think there might be an issue!!
They park on the slip raod of the village called Verqigne and then radio ahead to the tolls which are just before junction 3.
Obviously no-one comes off at Junctions 6, 5 or 4 if they think there might be an issue!!
Marcellus said:
back to the initial topic.....the usual speed trap on the Northbound A26 is about 5km before Junction 6.
They park on the slip raod of the village called Verqigne and then radio ahead to the tolls which are just before junction 3.
Obviously no-one comes off at Junctions 6, 5 or 4 if they think there might be an issue!!
He he! I did! They park on the slip raod of the village called Verqigne and then radio ahead to the tolls which are just before junction 3.
Obviously no-one comes off at Junctions 6, 5 or 4 if they think there might be an issue!!
70 euro left in my wallet.
165kph on the clock.
zap by le flic.
Floor it, took the next exit, and used A roads to get to the port.
blueyes said:
Marcellus said:
back to the initial topic.....the usual speed trap on the Northbound A26 is about 5km before Junction 6.
They park on the slip raod of the village called Verqigne and then radio ahead to the tolls which are just before junction 3.
Obviously no-one comes off at Junctions 6, 5 or 4 if they think there might be an issue!!
He he! I did! They park on the slip raod of the village called Verqigne and then radio ahead to the tolls which are just before junction 3.
Obviously no-one comes off at Junctions 6, 5 or 4 if they think there might be an issue!!
70 euro left in my wallet.
165kph on the clock.
zap by le flic.
Floor it, took the next exit, and used A roads to get to the port.
Ferries are very frequent from Calais. If you miss one you get the next one. It's better than paying 90€.
The French speed enforcement system is a lot fairer than ours.
Our speed limit: 70 mph/113 km/h.
Their speed limit: 81mph/130 km/h on rural and dry sections, 67mph/110km/h on urban or when road surface is wet.
Our tolerance above speed limit: 10% + 2mph. so the realistic absolute speed limit is 79 mph/128km/h.
Their tolerance is 20km/h above speed limit except on the urban sections.
Realistically you can do 94 mph on a French motorway outside urban areas in dry conditions and not even worry about the BiB.
You can do up to 112 mph/180 km/h and still only risk a fixed penalty of €100.
At that speed in the UK you'd be looking at a ban.
We can only dream of such indulgence here in Authoritarian Blighty.
The French speed enforcement system is a lot fairer than ours.
Our speed limit: 70 mph/113 km/h.
Their speed limit: 81mph/130 km/h on rural and dry sections, 67mph/110km/h on urban or when road surface is wet.
Our tolerance above speed limit: 10% + 2mph. so the realistic absolute speed limit is 79 mph/128km/h.
Their tolerance is 20km/h above speed limit except on the urban sections.
Realistically you can do 94 mph on a French motorway outside urban areas in dry conditions and not even worry about the BiB.
You can do up to 112 mph/180 km/h and still only risk a fixed penalty of €100.
At that speed in the UK you'd be looking at a ban.
We can only dream of such indulgence here in Authoritarian Blighty.
Puggit said:
blueyes said:
Marcellus said:
back to the initial topic.....the usual speed trap on the Northbound A26 is about 5km before Junction 6.
They park on the slip raod of the village called Verqigne and then radio ahead to the tolls which are just before junction 3.
Obviously no-one comes off at Junctions 6, 5 or 4 if they think there might be an issue!!
He he! I did! They park on the slip raod of the village called Verqigne and then radio ahead to the tolls which are just before junction 3.
Obviously no-one comes off at Junctions 6, 5 or 4 if they think there might be an issue!!
70 euro left in my wallet.
165kph on the clock.
zap by le flic.
Floor it, took the next exit, and used A roads to get to the port.
1. Get pulled, pay 90 euros, miss the ferry, get the next one.
2. Use the A roads, miss the ferry, get the next one.
BTW I missed the ferry but they put me on the next one free of charge.
fluffnik said:
The Almighty said:
H_Kan said:
Thats rubbish. Yes there are laws against speeding but generally in good conditions, driving on a motorway at 90-100mph is perfectly safe as shown in Germany.
The reason people are annoyed by it is because we here of so many crimes that go unattended and easy targets like the motorist are picked on. I think motorists have every right to feel agrieved given how we are milked for absolutely everything.
SOME motorists are an easy target because they make themselves and easy targetThe reason people are annoyed by it is because we here of so many crimes that go unattended and easy targets like the motorist are picked on. I think motorists have every right to feel agrieved given how we are milked for absolutely everything.
There's quite a lot of support for trafpol on here, support I'd share in if they were busting MLMs and tailgaters and the like, but if they're going to be used manning speed traps I'd as soon they joined the rest of the parasites from the SCPs and ACPO on the dole.
There are too many laws, there really only need to be two:
- no theiving
- no thuggery
1 a cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murderer.
2 (sometimes initial capital letter ) one of a former group of professional robbers and murderers in India who strangled their victims.
Were does a death caused by a car go from being an accident to Murder! or "thuggery"
Through Drink Driving / Drug, Speeding, Due Care etc
Interesting report from Spain which is looking at punishing speeders a lot harder
"Spain is preparing to jail drivers who speed excessively. Those who exceed the speed limit by 37mph in urban areas or 50mph on motorways face a mandatory prison sentence and will be jailed for three to six months" – Yorkshire Post NIB
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