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PostPosted: 13:37 - 03 Sep 2017    Post subject: Speeding in France Reply with quote

What's the deal now as they've got access to the motor vehicle data base for tracking the owners?

Got flashed (once that I know about Embarassed ) on a motorway, expect a fine in the post?

Any idea on cost?
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PostPosted: 14:02 - 03 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

A mate was flashed a few year ago and a fine notice came through the post but it was in French, so another mate translated it and my mate converted the euro fine into pounds and sent a cheque written in pounds sterling to the French address. to this date the cheque has not been cashed
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PostPosted: 14:03 - 03 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here are the fine prices:

https://english.controleradar.org/speeding-fines.php
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PostPosted: 14:58 - 03 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Are there any licence points involved in being caught speeding in EuroLand.
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PostPosted: 22:00 - 03 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

In Holland, if you're doing stupid speeds, they'll take your car off instead. If it's not silly speeds it's fines, they like the money too much to give out points.

Belgium it's fines too, on the spot or they'll escort you to the nearest cashpoint.

Source: 30k kms back and forth between UK and NL and an empty wallet.
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PostPosted: 23:04 - 03 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tracer1234 wrote:
Are there any licence points involved in being caught speeding in EuroLand.


No its fines only. All countries have different points systems. Not harmonized.

I don't mind to pay few quids to have fun in EuroLand Laughing
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PostPosted: 14:55 - 04 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Val wrote:


Shocked Shocked Shocked

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Second offence speeding by more than 50 km/h (31 mph)

Jail (2) : 3 months
Fine (2) : 3750 euros
License points loss: 6 points
License suspension (2) : 3 years

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PostPosted: 15:16 - 04 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

last time I was riding in France a policeman driving towards me waved for me to slow down and flashed his lights, which I did, as I got over the hill there was a police speed trap Laughing
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PostPosted: 15:43 - 04 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Despite those supposed changes, I still don't know of anybody that has actually received a fine in the post from a static camera.

We rode through quite a few (French) cameras and got flashed on our Eurojolly at the start of July. No fines have been sent.

The only ones I know of recently were where people were caught by a static camera whilst in a hire vehicle and the hire company pass the details on. Some Muppet in Spain with an apparent 500 Euro fine, and a mate of mine got a fine in the post from France which was 45 Euros. The fine arrived in under two weeks and you download an app to pay it.

I got pulled in France a few weeks ago in the car for 125 kmh in a 90 and just paid the fine at the roadside - that one was 90 Euros.

Fines are based on how far over the limit you are going but don't relate to that link Val posted.

EDIT - This looks more in line with the fines I know of lately:
"In France the faster you are going the higher the fine. In built up areas, fines are set at €90 from just one kph over the limit up to 39kph over.

On other roads, including auto-routes, they are as follows.

When speeding 1kph over to 19kph over the fine €45 and 20kph to 39kph it’s a €90 penalty.

When 40kph to 49kph its €135 and in excess of 50kph over limit €750 and your car can be confiscated to the police compound!"

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PostPosted: 16:25 - 04 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Used to be fun on the French autoroutes, now they seem to hide their cameras in the grass verges, whatever, I've never spotted one. Been flashed a few times too, so I've been keeping my eyes out. No warning signs, so be warned.

France has turned nasty these last few years, as well as being eye wateringly expensive, I avoid, Germany far better value, and the 'ring....
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PostPosted: 17:29 - 04 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Veni, vidi, vici.

I've blasted through Northern France a couple of times to catch a boat and no postcards from the Gendarmerie.

Maybe I was travelling too fast for the cameras. Cool
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PostPosted: 18:23 - 04 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

jjdugen wrote:
Been flashed a few times too, so I've been keeping my eyes out. No warning signs, so be warned.


There is always a warning sign in France, they look like this

https://anglophone-direct.com/ap_img/wheels-france-camera-blog480.jpg

Cameras are usually within 500m of that sign and a square grey box sitting on the floor with chevron yellow edges.
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PostPosted: 11:13 - 14 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Matt B wrote:
We rode through quite a few (French) cameras and got flashed on our Eurojolly at the start of July.


Yeah we did Laughing

Matt B wrote:
There is always a warning sign in France, they look like this

https://anglophone-direct.com/ap_img/wheels-france-camera-blog480.jpg

Cameras are usually within 500m of that sign and a square grey box sitting on the floor with chevron yellow edges.


So I was told at the end of the first day Razz
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PostPosted: 11:14 - 14 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

False plates when abroad? Laughing
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PostPosted: 11:31 - 14 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been stopped in Calais and had my details run through their database to see if there were any outstanding fines.
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PostPosted: 13:08 - 14 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

barrkel wrote:
I've been stopped in Calais and had my details run through their database to see if there were any outstanding fines.

Yours, or the vehicle's?

I know they probably don't understand justice over there with their Napoleomoronic system, but in civilised countries (and Scotland) we like to keep those distinct.
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PostPosted: 13:41 - 14 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rogerborg wrote:
I know they probably don't understand justice over there with their Napoleomoronic system, but in civilised countries (and Scotland) we like to keep those distinct.


Quite like the bit in the Code Napoleon where you cannot be used to incriminate yourself, should work nicely with speed cameras and S.172 PACE requests
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PostPosted: 21:26 - 14 Sep 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rogerborg wrote:
Yours, or the vehicle's?

Hard to tell. They took my license for a moment but may have looked up the bike's plate as well (or instead). This was about 5 years ago.

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I know they probably don't understand justice over there with their Napoleomoronic system

Rule of law rather than judges, eh?
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