Speeding in France - Points on UK License?
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Just got back from a week in France. Thanks to another post on PH was aware of the new NSL on a single carriageway of 80km/h. On leaving Le Havre was greeted with a gantry sign advising that the new speed limit for roads without a barrier was 80km/h.
OK, no problem I thought but then you came to stretches of road where it was 3 lanes wide with the second lane alternating at ~1km intervals for each direction (no barriers). As soon as the road became two lanes the limit went up to 90km/h but for traffic in the opposite direction it was 80km/h. I really can't think of anything more crazy than differential speed limits on the same piece of tarmac.
OK, no problem I thought but then you came to stretches of road where it was 3 lanes wide with the second lane alternating at ~1km intervals for each direction (no barriers). As soon as the road became two lanes the limit went up to 90km/h but for traffic in the opposite direction it was 80km/h. I really can't think of anything more crazy than differential speed limits on the same piece of tarmac.
Crap... Just been done by fixed camera, didn't know speed limit had changed, extremely bloody irratating. Was doing 90 in what I know no to be an 80.
Anyone know what the fine is and whether I'll get points on licence.?
Really put me in a great mood for the rest of the journey back so if anyone can cheer me up that it's not so bad that would be great!
Anyone know what the fine is and whether I'll get points on licence.?
Really put me in a great mood for the rest of the journey back so if anyone can cheer me up that it's not so bad that would be great!
I’m currently on the Eurotunnel, with an angry wife who was just flashed by a camera at Calais.
I haven’t reminded her it’s the same camera I was flashed by a year ago and didn’t get anything, as she has been a bit nippy, might tell her when we reach England, then again, depends if she keeps being nippy or not.
I haven’t reminded her it’s the same camera I was flashed by a year ago and didn’t get anything, as she has been a bit nippy, might tell her when we reach England, then again, depends if she keeps being nippy or not.
One camera is not far from the slip road to the tunnel, don’t think you’ve passed it, or *FLASH* then the waiting game.
robt350c said:
Thanks all.
Staying in Reims tonight then tunnel tomorrow, sounds like I need to take it easy around calais!
Fingers crossed I don't get anything, will update thread either way.
Staying in Reims tonight then tunnel tomorrow, sounds like I need to take it easy around calais!
Fingers crossed I don't get anything, will update thread either way.
It's been said before but I will repeat it.
In France, unlike the UK, you start with 12 points on your French licence. Points are then deducted if you get caught for an offence. 1 point for minor speeding, which I believe is re added after 6 months. If you lose all 12 points, it's a ban.
That's the reason you won't get any points on a UK licence.
Just for your info'. According to French newspapers, since the new limit started, there has been around a 50% increase in people getting flashed.
In France, unlike the UK, you start with 12 points on your French licence. Points are then deducted if you get caught for an offence. 1 point for minor speeding, which I believe is re added after 6 months. If you lose all 12 points, it's a ban.
That's the reason you won't get any points on a UK licence.
Just for your info'. According to French newspapers, since the new limit started, there has been around a 50% increase in people getting flashed.
Poshbury said:
Just for your info'. According to French newspapers, since the new limit started, there has been around a 50% increase in people getting flashed.
Thanks, as I suspected they must be coining it in. Need to find a way to update the car nav and speed limit recognition for the new limit.. I happen to know that a fair few are tourists from other EU countries who were unaware of the change, plus a Brit' who is staying at our place at the moment.
One fact is that there are lots of people these days who don't watch or listen to the news, nor read papers , my missus hasn't seen or heard any for at least 4 years and is happier for it. I know ignorance of the law is no defence but it was obvious what would happen.
As it's been said, they must be coining it. At least the French government admitted last year that it cleared quite a few million euro's from the national debt by using speeding fine money.
Waze is your friend by the way!
One fact is that there are lots of people these days who don't watch or listen to the news, nor read papers , my missus hasn't seen or heard any for at least 4 years and is happier for it. I know ignorance of the law is no defence but it was obvious what would happen.
As it's been said, they must be coining it. At least the French government admitted last year that it cleared quite a few million euro's from the national debt by using speeding fine money.
Waze is your friend by the way!
Second the point on using Waze - I've just done two weeks of driving in France, and while the satnav laws stop them from directly telling you where the cameras are, the clever French wazers have marked every camera as a 'police activity' so you always know exactly where the camera is.
Saw plenty of locals (in very rural area though admittedly) completely ignore the limit and do 100kmh on 80kmh roads.
Saw plenty of locals (in very rural area though admittedly) completely ignore the limit and do 100kmh on 80kmh roads.
Seems some French folk are taking action;
Attacks on roadside cameras have jumped, Le Parisien reports. It said 86 radars have been damaged in the Ain since the beginning of the year, while six have been vandalised in the Hautes-Pyrénées over the past 15 days, and 19 in Haute-Loire since early July. Vandalism figures for the whole of the country were not available, the paper said.
Cleaning a camera lens that had been covered in paint costs €600, it added.
The number of motorists who have been caught on camera since the 80 km/h limit was introduced doubled in July compared to the same month last year, the government has revealed.
Attacks on roadside cameras have jumped, Le Parisien reports. It said 86 radars have been damaged in the Ain since the beginning of the year, while six have been vandalised in the Hautes-Pyrénées over the past 15 days, and 19 in Haute-Loire since early July. Vandalism figures for the whole of the country were not available, the paper said.
Cleaning a camera lens that had been covered in paint costs €600, it added.
The number of motorists who have been caught on camera since the 80 km/h limit was introduced doubled in July compared to the same month last year, the government has revealed.
Poshbury said:
Seems some French folk are taking action;
Attacks on roadside cameras have jumped, Le Parisien reports. It said 86 radars have been damaged in the Ain since the beginning of the year, while six have been vandalised in the Hautes-Pyrénées over the past 15 days, and 19 in Haute-Loire since early July. Vandalism figures for the whole of the country were not available, the paper said.
Cleaning a camera lens that had been covered in paint costs €600, it added.
The number of motorists who have been caught on camera since the 80 km/h limit was introduced doubled in July compared to the same month last year, the government has revealed.
Standard behaviour in Piedmont and Lombardy, too. A new camera goes in and has been spray canned within a couple of days. Locals are also exceedingly helpful in alerting other drivers to mobile camera patrols.Attacks on roadside cameras have jumped, Le Parisien reports. It said 86 radars have been damaged in the Ain since the beginning of the year, while six have been vandalised in the Hautes-Pyrénées over the past 15 days, and 19 in Haute-Loire since early July. Vandalism figures for the whole of the country were not available, the paper said.
Cleaning a camera lens that had been covered in paint costs €600, it added.
The number of motorists who have been caught on camera since the 80 km/h limit was introduced doubled in July compared to the same month last year, the government has revealed.
psi310398 said:
Poshbury said:
Seems some French folk are taking action;
Attacks on roadside cameras have jumped, Le Parisien reports. It said 86 radars have been damaged in the Ain since the beginning of the year, while six have been vandalised in the Hautes-Pyrénées over the past 15 days, and 19 in Haute-Loire since early July. Vandalism figures for the whole of the country were not available, the paper said.
Cleaning a camera lens that had been covered in paint costs €600, it added.
The number of motorists who have been caught on camera since the 80 km/h limit was introduced doubled in July compared to the same month last year, the government has revealed.
Standard behaviour in Piedmont and Lombardy, too. A new camera goes in and has been spray canned within a couple of days. Locals are also exceedingly helpful in alerting other drivers to mobile camera patrols.Attacks on roadside cameras have jumped, Le Parisien reports. It said 86 radars have been damaged in the Ain since the beginning of the year, while six have been vandalised in the Hautes-Pyrénées over the past 15 days, and 19 in Haute-Loire since early July. Vandalism figures for the whole of the country were not available, the paper said.
Cleaning a camera lens that had been covered in paint costs €600, it added.
The number of motorists who have been caught on camera since the 80 km/h limit was introduced doubled in July compared to the same month last year, the government has revealed.
bad company said:
If you get home and a fine arrives in the post can they really do much if you don’t pay?
I think the overseas authority can apply to the courts here to have the fine enforced. But, even if not, I'd not want, having failed to pay, to cross into the territory where the fine was levied with the same car or even ID with the same name and address as registered keeper of the car. They have computers, too
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