UK Speeders In France Could Soon Get Points

French authorities looking for new rules to punish UK speeders

To many Brits this means nothing

Authorities in France are pushing through new rules that would mean Britons flashed for speeding are hit with points on their licence back home. It is part of a new crackdown to stop foreign motorists breaking the speed limits with no fear of punishment in the UK.

A study by the French transport ministry claims that 900,000 German drivers, 550,000 Britons and 350,000 Italians are flashed by French cameras every year. The number of foreign motorists being caught by speed cameras rises steeply in the summer and many believe they can be flashed by cameras with no comeback.

‘Too many traffic violations go unpunished’ and a lot of foreigners have a total disregard for French speed limits and speed cameras, transport minister Dominique Bussereau told Le Figaro, which published details of his clamp-down plan. A transport spokesman said motorists often speed with impunity. ‘They behave like the laws of the road don't apply to them,’ he said.

Mr Bussereau expects to get European transport ministers meeting in Luxembourg this week to agree on the tougher rules, outlined in an EU directive in March. If he is successful they could be applied in 2010.

Part of the tighter legislations would be a Europe-wide number plate exchange system so that anyone caught for a number of misdemeanors would be punished in their home nation. ‘I am confident our proposals will be favorably received,’ added Mr Bussereau.

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