"The joys of the EU
The penalties for speeding!"
Our French friends blame us for the number of new cameras now. Reckons the French government saw how much the British government were making and wanted some for themselves.
I blame the Dutch for inventing them in the first place.
I have a theory. My French license starts off with 12 points and these are then deducted. As it gets low I wonder if I can go to England, get caught speeding and have points added on? This should work in reverse for a UK licence over here...😁 |
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I’ve had loads over the years … I’ve never paid one .
They can’t assume that the driver of a vehicle is you.
That has first to be established.
So unless it has changed and they are firstly asking if the registered keeper was the driver don’t bother. |
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By *coptoCouple 43 weeks ago
Côte d'Azur & Great Yarmouth |
Round here is a tourist area, the cops don’t bother with radar guns or breathalysers. But if you were involved in an accident through speeding or over the limit, they’d lock you up and throw away the key… a deterrent in itself!
But they do occasionally put by the side of the road “caméras de chantier”, big concrete blocks with cameras inside them, evidently autonomous and linked remotely to a central database. Within LITERALLY hours, someone will have sprayed paint all over the glass, Banksy eat your heart out.
They’ll be removed, cleaned and installed somewhere else - by Hiab of course - and it starts all over again. And if they’re stupid enough to put this concrete camera anywhere near a ditch, that’s where it’ll be within hours. Don’t ask me how they manage it, but Vive La France!
In your case though, pay the fine…. |
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By *aelic funMan 43 weeks ago
Carlisle Dumfries France |
I'd pay it. The UK has most speed cameras in Europe, with France 3rd I think. There is an agreement (nothing to do with Brexit, it was agreed long before that) that the DVLA and ANTS (their French equivalent) share driver/car information.
Until now some people have ignored the fines - but the Gendarmes and Douane do often have controls at motorway tolls, and they can access the list of unpaid fines.
In October the new EntryExitSystem to Europe comes into effect and the French authorities have said that means they can stop and fine, and even seize cars, of anyone coming into France who hasn't paid.
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Pay-the points can be applied too if you don't. Its a private company collecting the fines so they will escalate it time after time. Ultimately a court judgment and the sheriff coming to your house. Just pay it. You could try and say you were not the driver. |
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