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speeding tickets in a foreign country
« on: 16 August 2007, 20:53:31 »
mid July we were in france, on the autoroutes coming home we were flashed by a gatso, i was about 30kph over the limit at the time  :-[.

I haven't heard anthing yet, any idea how long i would have to wait before i can breathe a sigh of relief?
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Re: speeding tickets in a foreign country
« Reply #1 on: 16 August 2007, 20:57:08 »
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mid July we were in france, on the autoroutes coming home we were flashed by a gatso, i was about 30kph over the limit at the time  :-[.

I haven't heard anthing yet, any idea how long i would have to wait before i can breathe a sigh of relief?
So you were doing 100mph  :o

Naughty, naughty boy....
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Re: speeding tickets in a foreign country
« Reply #2 on: 16 August 2007, 21:00:56 »
I don't think they can endorse your UK license with points. There is talk of a mechanism whereby an authority in another EU state can ask the DVLA for your details and pursue you for the fine but I'm not sure if this has already come into effect or if it's just at the stage of being talked about.

Passed a really sneeky little camera in France on a very short tripod hidden behind a sign. Just not cricket at all  >:(. Was following a nutter who was doing a ton+ at the time and, well, I didn't want to get lost now, did I ::)

Then I remembered by number plate was across the top of my nosecone so no chance of it seeing it.

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Re: speeding tickets in a foreign country
« Reply #3 on: 16 August 2007, 21:01:19 »
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mid July we were in france, on the autoroutes coming home we were flashed by a gatso, i was about 30kph over the limit at the time  :-[.

I haven't heard anthing yet, any idea how long i would have to wait before i can breathe a sigh of relief?
So you were doing 100mph  :o

Naughty, naughty boy....

 :-[ guilty m'lud

but it was a giggle at the time  ;D
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Re: speeding tickets in a foreign country
« Reply #4 on: 16 August 2007, 21:05:14 »
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I don't think they can endorse your UK license with points. There is talk of a mechanism whereby an authority in another EU state can ask the DVLA for your details and pursue you for the fine but I'm not sure if this has already come into effect or if it's just at the stage of being talked about.

Passed a really sneeky little camera in France on a very short tripod hidden behind a sign. Just not cricket at all  >:(. Was following a nutter who was doing a ton+ at the time and, well, I didn't want to get lost now, did I ::)

Then I remembered by number plate was across the top of my nosecone so no chance of it seeing it.

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French ones tend to be low down...
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Re: speeding tickets in a foreign country
« Reply #5 on: 16 August 2007, 21:09:43 »
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I don't think they can endorse your UK license with points. There is talk of a mechanism whereby an authority in another EU state can ask the DVLA for your details and pursue you for the fine but I'm not sure if this has already come into effect or if it's just at the stage of being talked about.
Passed a really sneeky little camera in France on a very short tripod hidden behind a sign. Just not cricket at all  >:(. Was following a nutter who was doing a ton+ at the time and, well, I didn't want to get lost now, did I ::)

Then I remembered by number plate was across the top of my nosecone so no chance of it seeing it.

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:-/

But getting caught and stopped can result in an instant ban and fine, So if your on your own its a long walk..
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Re: speeding tickets in a foreign country
« Reply #6 on: 16 August 2007, 21:18:24 »
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But getting caught and stopped can result in an instant ban and fine, So if your on your own its a long walk..

Yep, they can be pretty draconian if you get stopped. Worth taking it easy in France these days.

Mate of mine got frogmarched to a cash point to extract and pay his fine.

Got stopped and breathalysed over there once. DD limit is 50ug/100ml rather than 70 over here so that'ts really worth watching. They were pleasant enough. Had I not succeeded at suppressing my laughter at their ridiculous uniforms I might have been in trouble though.  ;D

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Re: speeding tickets in a foreign country
« Reply #7 on: 16 August 2007, 21:20:50 »
I usually stick around the limits in France, though have done some 130mph runs when the roads were empty, and I needed to make up time...
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Re: speeding tickets in a foreign country
« Reply #8 on: 16 August 2007, 21:21:10 »
Last time i asked directions from Le Plod in France they were all p1ssed,,All 4 of them, off they drove beeping the horn and laughing.. :D
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Re: speeding tickets in a foreign country
« Reply #9 on: 16 August 2007, 21:28:53 »
well its been a while since my Europe thrash, nothing yet. Figures crossed!
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Re: speeding tickets in a foreign country
« Reply #10 on: 16 August 2007, 22:47:04 »
My daughter was in Australia earlier this year an got a speeding fine through the post a few weeks later. It was considered to suggest that it was a cloaned plate, then she told me that the hired camper van had a unique paint job DONE UP LIKE A BL**DY  NINJA TURTLE :o ;D.I contacted the dvla an they said that points could not be applied to her licence
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Re: speeding tickets in a foreign country
« Reply #11 on: 16 August 2007, 23:34:49 »
phew, i was worried about that, glade that's clear now......

on the whole i was sticking to the limit.....just this one stretch approacing Calais, nice and flat, opened her up a bit and flash....off it goes

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Re: speeding tickets in a foreign country
« Reply #12 on: 16 August 2007, 23:57:53 »
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phew, i was worried about that, glade that's clear now......

on the whole i was sticking to the limit.....just this one stretch approacing Calais, nice and flat, opened her up a bit and flash....off it goes



Just to keep you in good mood, apart from the France-UK issue, there is always a chance that the actual thing did not work / had no film / the picture was not clear etc.

Just came back from Italy today, the toll roads there are very good (and deserted), officially the speed limit is 130Km/h but you can safely go 150-160Km/h, the road is very good in my almost ten years of driving on this particular stretch I have never seen a Police car....

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Re: speeding tickets in a foreign country
« Reply #13 on: 17 August 2007, 00:00:44 »
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phew, i was worried about that, glade that's clear now......

on the whole i was sticking to the limit.....just this one stretch approacing Calais, nice and flat, opened her up a bit and flash....off it goes



Just to keep you in good mood, apart from the France-UK issue, there is always a chance that the actual thing did not work / had no film / the picture was not clear etc.

Just came back from Italy today, the toll roads there are very good (and deserted), officially the speed limit is 130Km/h but you can safely go 150-160Km/h, the road is very good in my almost ten years of driving on this particular stretch I have never seen a Police car....


that was my first hope, once i had regained my eyesight......thing flashed very violently at me (not that sort of flashing either  ::)) everyone in the car complained that they had spots in their eyes for a while.


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Re: speeding tickets in a foreign country
« Reply #14 on: 17 August 2007, 00:04:41 »
You mean it flashed in front of you, not on your back...?

If so then it flashed a motorist driving in the opposite direction....?  :o

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