Speeding in France

[steveleach]

Guys, a group of us just returned from a long weekend in France and unfortunately one of us got stopped for speeding. Now we have all heard about these gendarmes and the on-the-spot fines they can enforce and how expensive it can be if caught. i thought a lot of this was myth and scaremongering, however i can testify now it is true.

We (5 of us) were all cruising along the A26 10 miles from Calais when we went past a patrol hidden away behind bushes on the right. If anyone knows this road, it is completely straight, smooth surface and the temptation to open up is just too good to be true.

And sure enough the biker at the back of our bunch got pulled over by some biker cops. He was given an instant 2 month ban and a 750 euro fine. He was escorted to a handily placed cash point machine and had to hand over full payment in cash. Ban only applies in France. Be warned!!

[chris-red]

Sounds more like a bung than a fine...
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[Snorty]

And what if you don't have 750 euros in your account or at all?
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[steveleach]

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[P.addy]

I'm pretty sure we saw a van parked up waiting on a nice dual carriageway.

However, didn't get bum raped for speeding

[arry]

[Rogerborg]

[Snorty]

[James83]

[gorillaonabik...]

French plod puts a speed traps for Brit vehicles rolling off the ferry at Calais and the Chunnel as well. Never seen one on the way back but then again, I'm usually exhausted and taking it really easy. I always assume there is one and unaware Brits are easy pickings.
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[Matt B]

Weekend in France... Eurojolly with the cool kids not good enough for ya then?
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[Rtwo]

What happens if you don't have the money?

Years ago, I along with 2 others were stopped rushing to the ferry and given on the spot fines of 900ff (about £100) each.
It was a lot of money, more than a weeks wages in those days

Between us we had something like 700ff so they took us straight to the gendarmerie to speak to a magistrate.
He counted up what we had, gave us back 10ff each for food and sent us on our way.

Whether or not that sort of policy still exists, I don't know

[CHR15]

we got pulled going to lemans last year doing about 125mph chasing a xf-r

got a 235 euro fine and a nice little receipt.

they had a decent little production line going, pulling people, extracting euros and writing receipts.
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[spnorm]

Just do your research before you go and decide what size fine you can afford and whether you want to risk a ban.

I think I worked on 25kph over the limit on a trip to the Pyrenees in 2007, although I got slightly carried away once or twice - the maximum speed on my GPS said 178mph when I got home

[Rogerborg]

[kramdra]

If the punishment for minor speeding is an excessively massive fine plus a ban, it cant be much worse for not stopping


Take a very, very fast bike so you can attempt to outrun them, of relatively low value, just in case it gets confiscated. if they are just after easy money, its unlikely they will fire up an expensive heli just to catch one speeder

Infact, probably cheaper to buy said bike over in france. The froggy plates will probably avoid you getting pulled in the first place

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