Be a ware...

[pikey]

... or be a loof, I don't care!

What you should know is that this year the French have very restrictive speeding penalties.

Anything over 108 mph will result in you "being banned for driving in France for 30 days" and licence confiscation. If you have a passenger it's not so much of a problem, but if you don't....

Just be careful. They mean business this year!

Ben

[ultimapaul]

Cheers Ben, note has been taken!

Paul

[littlegearl]

good thing my car only does 108mph!!!

mwoohahahahahahahaha!!! i strike again!!

[Graham]

ho hum just have to nail it to 105 to be on the safe side then....


G

[prancing]

Thanks we'll keep a good lookout.. Did you mean 180mph..or 108mph I won't get to try a top speed run then.

G.

[tedebear]

Blimey I wouldn't know what 108 felt like in my car - things might rattle loose - it is 38 years old you know

[Tony_996hasgone]

Anything over 108 mph will result in you "being banned for driving in France for 30 days" and licence confiscation.

Where does this info come from... interested to know if it is genuine or another urban myth? Is it only for french licences?

>> Edited by Tony_996hasgone on Tuesday 10th June 09:47

[PetrolTed]

What's the source of that info. These rumours circulate every year. Why 108mph? Is that supposed to be 175kph?

[andyvdg]

This is taken from :
www.securite-routiere.fr/


(suspension)
Infringments:
- non-observance of the priority, - non-observance of the stop imposed on a stop or a fixed red light or indicator, - reverse gear and half-turn on motorway, - going beyond 40 Km/h or more authorized maximum speed, - circulation smell some prohibited, - use of a detector of radar, - non-observance of the obligation of insurance.

[andyvdg]

Thought this might be usefull as well :

www.americansinfrance.net/Driving/SelectedRoadSigns.cfm

[CarZee]

andyvdg said: - circulation smell some prohibited

They'll confiscate your license for farting??

[Le TVR]

I dont know what 'rules' they plan in La Sarthe but generally here anything +20kph on the posted limit will be dealt with far more seriously than last year. Comments on TV from various forces in the past months indicate that 10 - 20 over gets points+fine. 20+ over and they start looking for extras like 'use of a dangerous weapon in a public place' (dont laugh its been done before )
Or was that because it was a German tourist

This has all happened since January so expect the 'zero tolerance' approach this year.

Didnt stop a Brit in a Ferrari being flashed at 241 near Nice last Wednesday. Maybe it'll soon be appearing on ebay.fr