New laws surrounding speeding in France?

[EU_Foreigner]

PottyMouth said:

Matthew-unfv7 said:

Mrs has just received a lovely letter requesting €45 for doing 117 in a 110 limit (apparently assumed it was a 130) She thought it was 111 and they'd added 6kph on, had to point out she'd got it the wrong way round. Possibly even more frustrating knowing that 1kph less and she would have been fine. Is there any way of checking the limit in place on any particular stretch?

Out of interest, was it for a car on UK plates ?

That is the most important question. Rental cars have always been a fair target, but UK registered not.

Been flashed in mid June a few times during a European stint, fortunately the mailbox has been free from foreign spam so far ...

[Vaud]

Matthew-unfv7 said:

Mrs has just received a lovely letter requesting €45 for doing 117 in a 110 limit (apparently assumed it was a 130) She thought it was 111 and they'd added 6kph on, had to point out she'd got it the wrong way round. Possibly even more frustrating knowing that 1kph less and she would have been fine. Is there any way of checking the limit in place on any particular stretch?

It could have been 130, but raining (?) in which case the limit is 110.

[Vaud]

Chris944 said:

Hmm, the net net of all this is (1) don't bother to speed at all in France unless you use Waze and (2) stop completely at Stop signs. The country's road traffic laws are being implemented by aholes who are making it less likely drivers will want to visit. I have a trip coming up to Nice in November and think I'll go via Germany, Switzerland and Italy instead of through France.

Don't speed in Switzerland either. They take it much, much more seriously than France.

[Dan_M5]

slk 32 said:

I just got back Friday from a trip to Northern Italy.

Having heard how the French police like to target UK registered cars and with an aversion to tolls I immediately drove to Belgium after exiting the chunnel

Annoyingly i did get flashed in Luxembourg on the way back whilst following a waze inspired detour via some back roads to avoid some autoroute roadworks. Even more annoyingly it was on a dead straight bit of road with only fields on either side (no junctions). I'll see if I get anything.

The only annoying thing with waze that as my journey was circa 1600 km it wasn't able to provide whole route mapping before the server timed out (over 4g). This meant I had to do 2-300km at a time on waze then add the next leg of the journey

I was getting server timeouts all weekend when i was europe last week

[donkmeister]

Joe5y said:

Always thought that re the car returning but how does that work once the car has been sold or has a plate change?

If sold: all advice I've seen is that it is mandatory to carry v5 or foreign equivalent when driving in france. So, you could prove you were not the registered keeper at the time of the offence, should be in the clear but may have a few hours at le magasin de gendarmes arguing your innocence.
Plate change: your car won't ping at the toll booth, should be in the clear.

[Amateurish]

Chris944 said:

Hmm, the net net of all this is (1) don't bother to speed at all in France unless you use Waze and (2) stop completely at Stop signs. The country's road traffic laws are being implemented by aholes who are making it less likely drivers will want to visit. I have a trip coming up to Nice in November and think I'll go via Germany, Switzerland and Italy instead of through France.

So you would rather do a huge detour, taking 5 hours longer, than have to stick to the 80 mph speed limit on the Autoroutes? I hope you can explain that to your passengers...

[Joe5y]

Flashed once on the way from Rouen to Le Mans over one of the 2 bridges with reduced speeds. Nothing from Mr Froggy Police.

[EU_Foreigner]

So a tentative conclusion is that the exchange has not been implemented as of yet for UK registered cars.

[Davidonly]

Amateurish said:

Chris944 said:

Hmm, the net net of all this is (1) don't bother to speed at all in France unless you use Waze and (2) stop completely at Stop signs. The country's road traffic laws are being implemented by aholes who are making it less likely drivers will want to visit. I have a trip coming up to Nice in November and think I'll go via Germany, Switzerland and Italy instead of through France.

So you would rather do a huge detour, taking 5 hours longer, than have to stick to the 80 mph speed limit on the Autoroutes? I hope you can explain that to your passengers...

This is what I do too All the other places are more welcoming to me (as I perceive things). My passengers have up to now been happy with the journey being part of the excursion/break, so long as we stay in nice places and see nice stuff. Germany is actually a lovely destination anyway.

The french authorities are as bigger bunch of fkwits as ours.

[lowdrag]

If I'm in the Mercedes, I set the cruise control at 90 mph on the motorway and drop the speed when radar is forecast. On the other hand, if I am in the classic, I have a good look at the map, take the back roads, go much faster and have fun. From Falaise to Le Mans I have never, in 30 years, seen the police on the back roads. RN and D roads in France, especially the D roads, are honeypots for the BiB.