Spainish Speeding
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He's doing that for self-publicity 
- he's not been known as "Mr Loophole" for some time, having had his backside well and truly kicked on a couple of occasions in the medium-term past 
. Wonder how much he was paid for this "information"?
The word 'could' also appears in the first two sentences (paragraphs)...
And who carries a speed camera in their car (as per the third bullet point of the heading)?
(A bullet is what this 'article' needs 
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- he's not been known as "Mr Loophole" for some time, having had his backside well and truly kicked on a couple of occasions in the medium-term past . Wonder how much he was paid for this "information"?The word 'could' also appears in the first two sentences (paragraphs)...
And who carries a speed camera in their car (as per the third bullet point of the heading)?
(A bullet is what this 'article' needs .)
It will be interesting to see how this pans out considering the opt out that the UK, Ireland and Denmark enjoyed.
I will be very interested to see how exactly this cooperation between different police forces in the EU and the various courts will work to enforce this. Sounds like a mixture for utter chaos!
I will be very interested to see how exactly this cooperation between different police forces in the EU and the various courts will work to enforce this. Sounds like a mixture for utter chaos!
krallicious said:
It will be interesting to see how this pans out considering the opt out that the UK, Ireland and Denmark enjoyed.
I will be very interested to see how exactly this cooperation between different police forces in the EU and the various courts will work to enforce this. Sounds like a mixture for utter chaos!
The word 'enjoyed' being in the past tense sounds like an ominous acceptance of the situation being that it's probably one of the last incentives for bothering to spend the money on continental runs.I will be very interested to see how exactly this cooperation between different police forces in the EU and the various courts will work to enforce this. Sounds like a mixture for utter chaos!
As for the logistics it's already being enforced between France and Spain for example and even Switzerland is involved with the scheme without even being an EU member.
Yet another reason to vote UKIP and hope that they've got the bottle to do what they say and tell the EU to get stuffed.At least for anyone who enjoys driving at anything like reasonable speeds on the continent.
Edited by XJ Flyer on Thursday 15th May 01:50
I've never had a problem in Spain till last summer when I received a speeding ticket a month after I got home. It was around a 100 Euro fine from memory with a photo of the awesome Peugeot Partner Tepee I was driving when I committed the said offence. I never spotted the camera at all and had no idea I'd been done. I did spot quite a few traps while I was out there so they do seem to have ramped things up somewhat. I was banged to rights so I tried to pay up but the payment URL on the ticket didn't work, I spend hours in google translate and eventually managed to find another convoluted way of paying but it wasn't easy at all and I'd be surprised if most non Spanish speaking Brits would have managed it. The ticket was all Spanish as was all of the payment website. Yes it was Spain but it was on the Costa so you'd have thought they may have wanted to make it easier for Brits to give them more of our hard earned money.
I also got a parking ticket for parking on a roundabout at the front of the hotel on the complex where our house is. I thought this was odd and people park all the way round it every day and I've never seen it before. When I looked really closely there was a very very very faded yellow line round the outside but I was surprised it was a local police ticket in a totally private guarded estate. I paid this too but I was a little frustrated about this one!
I also got a parking ticket for parking on a roundabout at the front of the hotel on the complex where our house is. I thought this was odd and people park all the way round it every day and I've never seen it before. When I looked really closely there was a very very very faded yellow line round the outside but I was surprised it was a local police ticket in a totally private guarded estate. I paid this too but I was a little frustrated about this one!
TC99 said:
XJ Flyer said:
As usual UKIP would be xenophobic, homophobic, misinformed and led by a toad.
Corrected for you. 
Edited by XJ Flyer on Thursday 15th May 13:45
TC99 said:
How do the Spanish or indeed any non UK nation enforce a speeding fine?
So far only fines are 'enforced' in the case of manned traps under the threat of pay up or be arrested and probably put in a cell until you do.In all other cases,so far,there are/have been no reciprocal arrangements for access to UK reg data bases related to unmanned traps and/or putting endorsements on,or enforcing removal of,uk licences.Which is/would be the disastrous change in question depending on point of view. Edited by XJ Flyer on Thursday 15th May 13:46
I think people are confusing the current issue of 'fines' in the case of manned traps and/or unmanned ones in the case of locally registered cars.With the one in question of a totally shared data base also involving foreign registered cars and the previously unprecedented issue of UK licences being endorsed/removed by foreign enforcement.
The reality of which means,that the previous issue of just getting a fine,for running at a perfectly reasonable speed for foreign type traffic and road conditions,on a clear autoroute for example,would 'also' involve the issue of points and/or a ban just like getting nicked on the M1.
The reality of which means,that the previous issue of just getting a fine,for running at a perfectly reasonable speed for foreign type traffic and road conditions,on a clear autoroute for example,would 'also' involve the issue of points and/or a ban just like getting nicked on the M1.
XJ Flyer said:
At least UKIP is better than the raving bunch of PC communist/federalists which make up the rest of the LabLibDemCon which is now out to endorse/remove UK licences on roads where they wouldn't have been endorsed/removed previously.
UKIP are a bunch of ultra conservatives, capitalist to the core. Edited by XJ Flyer on Thursday 15th May 13:45
The PC accusation is just to cover up your tendency to bigotry no? As for leaving the EU, labour used to have this in their manifesto when Michael Foot was in charge. The British public hardly supported him over this did they?
Anyway to get back on topic. I did a very progressive drive in a hire car from Rome to Metaponto 5 years ago. I got a whole host of letters demanding thousands of Euros afterwards, my details being supplied by the hire car company. I binned them all, have been there since and stopped in a road block/bribery trap and had no hassle.
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