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pauljoecoe said:
Just did mine (just in case) Website worked well. No issues. Very quick (and cheap!)
Most time taken looking for Co2 emissions of my Ducato 2.3 130. Why isn't that info available anywhere official?
I thought C02 was in the V5. How old is this van? If the sticker has a big 4 in the middle, I'd ask for my money back, but you still need a sticker in Rouen, even if it is useless.Most time taken looking for Co2 emissions of my Ducato 2.3 130. Why isn't that info available anywhere official?
Some of this seems to be ignore or changed. I have a purple 1 sticker, which is now for "gas and rechargeable hybrid vehicles" not a turbo petrol Jaguar.
You couldn't make it up
Confused? It seems that the RAC are colour-blind. PML
https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/images/uploads/authors...
https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/images/uploads/authors...
Posted elsewhere on blue badge holders and classics 30 yrs
https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/Practical/...
https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/Practical/...
LawrieC said:
I thought C02 was in the V5. How old is this van? If the sticker has a big 4 in the middle, I'd ask for my money back, but you still need a sticker in Rouen, even if it is useless.
Some of this seems to be ignore or changed. I have a purple 1 sticker, which is now for "gas and rechargeable hybrid vehicles" not a turbo petrol Jaguar.
You couldn't make it up
2 year old Euro 6. No sign of C02 on the V5.Some of this seems to be ignore or changed. I have a purple 1 sticker, which is now for "gas and rechargeable hybrid vehicles" not a turbo petrol Jaguar.
You couldn't make it up
Although not planning on passing through Rouen this year, decided to apply for a Crit’ Air sticker JIC. So…… Anyone thinking of applying, mine arrived in the post this morning, two weeks and one day from applying, £4.19 (inc foreign currency transaction charge), can’t fault the service. 
Just spent an hour trying to sort this bloody Crit Air thing out.
Only found out this morning that I’d need one to drive through Rouen.
Easy enough till it asks you to upload an image of the V5.
File too big etc etc.
I’m no tech whizz so took a while to work it out but got there in the end. Surely there must be an easier way!
Sticker probably won’t arrive in time but at least I’ll have proof I’ve purchased one with the confirmation e Mail.
What a faf!!
Only found out this morning that I’d need one to drive through Rouen.
Easy enough till it asks you to upload an image of the V5.
File too big etc etc.
I’m no tech whizz so took a while to work it out but got there in the end. Surely there must be an easier way!
Sticker probably won’t arrive in time but at least I’ll have proof I’ve purchased one with the confirmation e Mail.
What a faf!!
SixPotBelly said:
I assume then you regard their speed limit enforcement operations on Le Mans weekend as a revenue raining exercise? You see I don't. I see them as a response to the speeds many Brits have historically done on the way there and back. We don't think how we all look to Monsieur et Madame Meganne doing the speed limit as UK registered car after UK registered car blasts past them that weekend. We may think we're doing no harm, but it gets some locals' backs up and there are enough in power who believe "speed kills" that the police get prioritised to do something about it. We've only ourselves to blame, really.
I think Crit'Air enforcement for now will be much more like road tax enforcement was when we still had paper discs, back before ANPR enforcement. We'd be most likely to get caught for not having one if we get stopped for something else. It just wouldn't be practical, or popular with the locals, to set up a road block on the Rouen ring road and cause delays for all the residents too, just so they can inspect the windscreen of every passing car in the hope of catching out a few Brits. Especially not Le mans weekend when the same officers can be out saving lives (as the politicians see it) on speed enforcement duty.
There is no great anti Brit campaign on the LM weekend , they just police their roads the way they normally do. In fact there’s less presence than there used to be now. It’s tempting to go fast on largely empty beautifully surfaced autoroutes but you’re a sitting duck if you do. It’s all the result of pretty appalling road death stats in the past, not much if anything to do with us. I seem to remember them having 118 deaths on a single August day back in the 2000s - hence the draconian penalties, sneaky tactics and also things like removing the 3 lane RN stretches and, sadly, the plane trees lining the roads all over the country. Personally I would have had a serious look at their driver training because as ever a complete lack of judgement or concentration remains much more dangerous than doing 100 on an autoroute. I think Crit'Air enforcement for now will be much more like road tax enforcement was when we still had paper discs, back before ANPR enforcement. We'd be most likely to get caught for not having one if we get stopped for something else. It just wouldn't be practical, or popular with the locals, to set up a road block on the Rouen ring road and cause delays for all the residents too, just so they can inspect the windscreen of every passing car in the hope of catching out a few Brits. Especially not Le mans weekend when the same officers can be out saving lives (as the politicians see it) on speed enforcement duty.
Edited by SixPotBelly on Tuesday 14th March 17:30
Dblue said:
There is no great anti Brit campaign on the LM weekend , they just police their roads the way they normally do. In fact there’s less presence than there used to be now. It’s tempting to go fast on largely empty beautifully surfaced autoroutes but you’re a sitting duck if you do. It’s all the result of pretty appalling road death stats in the past, not much if anything to do with us. I seem to remember them having 118 deaths on a single August day back in the 2000s - hence the draconian penalties, sneaky tactics and also things like removing the 3 lane RN stretches and, sadly, the plane trees lining the roads all over the country. Personally I would have had a serious look at their driver training because as ever a complete lack of judgement or concentration remains much more dangerous than doing 100 on an autoroute.
I can't argue with any of that. However I still see there's at least a possibility of increased manned enforcement over LM weekend now that our cars are untraceable again, and we're once more immune from camera enforcement . Like in the old days, when there was often a radar gun in a Renault 16 on the hard shoulder of the last stretch of peage leading to the port and they'd be waiting to deal with offenders at the toll booths. _If_ I'm right and that happens then I wouldn't see it as anti-British, I'd just see it as doing something to plug a hole in their speed enforcement programme that primarily relies on cameras and having access to ownership data,I'm sure we'll still get the annual post-Le Mans thread of "I was caught by the French police and it wasn't fair." followed by one excuse or other about "they were hiding", "they only stopped me because I'm British", "they just did it to make money and probably kept the cash for themselves", etc - all trying to ignore the elephant in the room that:
a) The poster was speeding.
b) Speeding is against the law.
c) The police are there to enforce the law.
a) The poster was speeding.
b) Speeding is against the law.
c) The police are there to enforce the law.
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