my ff was seized by French police..
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RC1807 said:
paulwirral said:
If it's black he passed me a year ago driving like he'd stolen it on the way to Perpignan, the worlds a safer place now !
I really don't understand WHY people think, "I'm not driving in the UK, so it's fine if I drive like a loon / bellend / wacky racer / complete
" when they feel like it, and are surprised when they're caught. Even on Germany's autobahns you're still at risk of an accident being your fault, then you're equally fked financially, or, worse, dead, potentially with others suffering similarly.Driving back from the Alps at half term, the Sunday morning saw a horrendously thick, but patchy fog North of Reims until about 1pm. The number of British registered cars travelling at umpteen leptons with zero visibility (some without lights) was just scary. I pottered along with mainly French traffic for a while and then hit the Nationals later in the morning as I felt that if there wasn't a crash on the Autoroute, it would be more through luck than judgement.
Mark83 said:
Bloody hell. I was caught 48km/h over. I got a sizeable fine but didn’t realise I could have lost my car. I was caught out by a temporary speed restriction on a motorway for poor air quality.
I was caught at 71kmh over and got a fine, didn't have enough on me so was escorted to a bank to get the cash and sent on my way - it was then followed by a request from the court a few months later for a little more.This was a few years back though so maybe they weren't so hot on the confiscation thing then?
Been back several times since but behaved myself...
I was caught back in 2011 at 217km on the A16 outside Renancourt, flat out, running for my Eurotunnel slot (I'd already changed it twice that day), young lady in tow, whom was the one responsible for my lateness...
In a 1.8LX Mondeo.
My French landlord informed me that if it was my own car and not owned by someone else, it'd be confiscated, and that if I'd been a French citizen, I could have been put in jail. I do remember having to turn up at a Gendarmerie with a roll of cash thick enough to choke a donkey in order to have my car moved - strangely, they left me with the keys, though. It sat on an Autoroute péage for a week until I paid the money and got someone to pick the car up for me (my two cards wouldn't get me enough cash out of the cashpoints when they took me into the town).
My photocard licence was immediately confiscated, too.
In a 1.8LX Mondeo.
My French landlord informed me that if it was my own car and not owned by someone else, it'd be confiscated, and that if I'd been a French citizen, I could have been put in jail. I do remember having to turn up at a Gendarmerie with a roll of cash thick enough to choke a donkey in order to have my car moved - strangely, they left me with the keys, though. It sat on an Autoroute péage for a week until I paid the money and got someone to pick the car up for me (my two cards wouldn't get me enough cash out of the cashpoints when they took me into the town).
My photocard licence was immediately confiscated, too.
Five years ago I helped someone who broke all records, travelling on the A88 from Falaise to Sees. He was caught at over 300 kph in a brand new Ferrari California which was seized for state funds. This was the highest speed ever recorded in northern France apparently. I contacted him through PH and took the matter up on his behalf, and he was lucky in that it was a company car, albeit his company. Not being personally his, they were powerless, although the prosecutor raised hell and demanded another prosecution, possible jail time and the highest fine possible. Which is what he got; the highest fine possible then was €1,500 plus costs of $90 plus the storage costs of the car. Plus a ban on driving in France for two years. This he conveniently forgot and as a slight warning to you all he crossed the channel and was immediately turned around and sent back to the UK by the BiB. His ban was flagged up on his passport apparently.
So drop the arrogant "tosser" attitude, because all that does is make you look like one. This is France, they are determined to reduce road casualties, and we are constantly reading in the local paper of cars being confiscated for state funds. I don't own a car now, just in case. My daughter owns the two classics, and SWMBO the Mercedes. Oh, and if anyone is coming over later this year, please note that the speed limit on non dual-carriageway roads reduces to 50 mph as from 1/7/2018. Of course, it won't apply to you though, now will it?
Fixed cameras; In theory you will receive a fine through the post from France and this will be pursued. I know people who have had such fines. However, it seems patchy, and some do not. Don't ask me why. As a French resident, I have had €50 fines sent to me from Spain since there is an agreement in place between the two countries.
So drop the arrogant "tosser" attitude, because all that does is make you look like one. This is France, they are determined to reduce road casualties, and we are constantly reading in the local paper of cars being confiscated for state funds. I don't own a car now, just in case. My daughter owns the two classics, and SWMBO the Mercedes. Oh, and if anyone is coming over later this year, please note that the speed limit on non dual-carriageway roads reduces to 50 mph as from 1/7/2018. Of course, it won't apply to you though, now will it?
Fixed cameras; In theory you will receive a fine through the post from France and this will be pursued. I know people who have had such fines. However, it seems patchy, and some do not. Don't ask me why. As a French resident, I have had €50 fines sent to me from Spain since there is an agreement in place between the two countries.
lowdrag said:
Five years ago I helped someone who broke all records, travelling on the A88 from Falaise to Sees. He was caught at over 300 kph in a brand new Ferrari California which was seized for state funds. This was the highest speed ever recorded in northern France apparently. I contacted him through PH and took the matter up on his behalf, and he was lucky in that it was a company car, albeit his company. Not being personally his, they were powerless, although the prosecutor raised hell and demanded another prosecution, possible jail time and the highest fine possible. Which is what he got; the highest fine possible then was €1,500 plus costs of $90 plus the storage costs of the car. Plus a ban on driving in France for two years. This he conveniently forgot and as a slight warning to you all he crossed the channel and was immediately turned around and sent back to the UK by the BiB. His ban was flagged up on his passport apparently.
So drop the arrogant "tosser" attitude, because all that does is make you look like one. This is France, they are determined to reduce road casualties, and we are constantly reading in the local paper of cars being confiscated for state funds. I don't own a car now, just in case. My daughter owns the two classics, and SWMBO the Mercedes. Oh, and if anyone is coming over later this year, please note that the speed limit on non dual-carriageway roads reduces to 50 mph as from 1/7/2018. Of course, it won't apply to you though, now will it?
Fixed cameras; In theory you will receive a fine through the post from France and this will be pursued. I know people who have had such fines. However, it seems patchy, and some do not. Don't ask me why. As a French resident, I have had €50 fines sent to me from Spain since there is an agreement in place between the two countries.
Thank you for posting lowdrag, sometimes i wonder the age of some posters on PH...lol The French have been seizing cars for years, frog marching you to the bank with hefty fines for speeding or as someone has already pointed out having a speed trap detector in the vehicle. I traveled to le Mans in the 2000's a number of times, it usually involved some spirited driving, fastest for me was 174mph as shown on the GPS. The point is we were aware of the risks, it wasn't so bad back then as there were few camera's and the police didn't chase you once back in the UK if you did set one off. Today if you speed I believe that they can apply to a UK court to have your license taken away. Be warned, if you speed in France you can loose your car, there will be little that you can do about it.So drop the arrogant "tosser" attitude, because all that does is make you look like one. This is France, they are determined to reduce road casualties, and we are constantly reading in the local paper of cars being confiscated for state funds. I don't own a car now, just in case. My daughter owns the two classics, and SWMBO the Mercedes. Oh, and if anyone is coming over later this year, please note that the speed limit on non dual-carriageway roads reduces to 50 mph as from 1/7/2018. Of course, it won't apply to you though, now will it?
Fixed cameras; In theory you will receive a fine through the post from France and this will be pursued. I know people who have had such fines. However, it seems patchy, and some do not. Don't ask me why. As a French resident, I have had €50 fines sent to me from Spain since there is an agreement in place between the two countries.
garyhun said:
Just to clarify, 10% + 2 is the lowest speed you can be prosecuted for under the guidelines. The so called ‘safe’ speed is 10% + 1.
Yup, I got a ticket from a truvelo (front facing camera) for 46 in a 40. I was in a line of traffic all just bimbling along and it didn't flash the cars in front of me!
lowdrag said:
Fixed cameras; In theory you will receive a fine through the post from France and this will be pursued. I know people who have had such fines. However, it seems patchy, and some do not. Don't ask me why. As a French resident, I have had €50 fines sent to me from Spain since there is an agreement in place between the two countries.
The only thing that we can think of is that my car wears a registration number that was on a different car 15 years ago when I got stopped and fined by the gendarmes
Shuvi McTupya said:
garyhun said:
Just to clarify, 10% + 2 is the lowest speed you can be prosecuted for under the guidelines. The so called ‘safe’ speed is 10% + 1.
Yup, I got a ticket from a truvelo (front facing camera) for 46 in a 40. I was in a line of traffic all just bimbling along and it didn't flash the cars in front of me!
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