ay IMPORTANT SPEED CAMERA INFO!
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As nel said in another topic - static speed cameras still cant get you but watch this space!!
The radar police mainly sit under bridges - especially long straights - you might see them sitting 100 yards in a field up a track etc.
All police officers have a sheet with them - like an excel chart with speeding fines calculator.
Main point!!!
If you get caught speeding up to 178 kmh you will get around an 80 Euro fine.
If you get caught between 179+ you get a ban in france a a fine of a few humdred Euros.
Excessive speeding - the fines get bigger and the ban gets longer.
Make sure you take your driving licence!
They always want to see your car details - log book, insurance etc but i just say its a company car and usually they drop it.
Stay under 111mph to be safe or just dont get caught!
The radar police mainly sit under bridges - especially long straights - you might see them sitting 100 yards in a field up a track etc.
All police officers have a sheet with them - like an excel chart with speeding fines calculator.
Main point!!!
If you get caught speeding up to 178 kmh you will get around an 80 Euro fine.
If you get caught between 179+ you get a ban in france a a fine of a few humdred Euros.
Excessive speeding - the fines get bigger and the ban gets longer.
Make sure you take your driving licence!
They always want to see your car details - log book, insurance etc but i just say its a company car and usually they drop it.
Stay under 111mph to be safe or just dont get caught!
Just travelled back today from a week in the Pays de la Loire (going back to la Sarthe in a fortnight - worry not) and I saw two interesting sights.
The first was at 9am (Saturday!!!) on the A28 (Northbound) about 5km short of the peage point just before joining the A13 near Rouen.
Parked in a lay-by on the right - facing with the direction of traffic was an unmarked, white Focus estate. Being a suspicious sod, I started to slow (was doing about 90mph/140kmh) looking for logos. No logo's visible, but on the bottom, left corner of the boot hatchback was a strange attachment.
As I realised that it was a flash-gun, the chuffing thing flashed!!
"Busted" I thought, expecting a herd of gendarmes to greet me at the Peage - but no, guess I was lucky.
The Focus was empty, so if they are using it a s a way of slowing you down before the queues - what a cracking idea...but it would be nothing to beam the image to a waiting cop.
The second was on the A16 between Boulougne and Amiens.
A very nice metallic, dark blue Subaru Imprezza - with the "Gendarmerie" logo on the sides. It had just pulled some unfortunate Brit registered motor who had been Southbound away from the ferries / tunnel. It looked very trick until I saw the logo on the side doors...cheeky!
Hope that this helps.
The first was at 9am (Saturday!!!) on the A28 (Northbound) about 5km short of the peage point just before joining the A13 near Rouen.
Parked in a lay-by on the right - facing with the direction of traffic was an unmarked, white Focus estate. Being a suspicious sod, I started to slow (was doing about 90mph/140kmh) looking for logos. No logo's visible, but on the bottom, left corner of the boot hatchback was a strange attachment.
As I realised that it was a flash-gun, the chuffing thing flashed!!
"Busted" I thought, expecting a herd of gendarmes to greet me at the Peage - but no, guess I was lucky.
The Focus was empty, so if they are using it a s a way of slowing you down before the queues - what a cracking idea...but it would be nothing to beam the image to a waiting cop.
The second was on the A16 between Boulougne and Amiens.
A very nice metallic, dark blue Subaru Imprezza - with the "Gendarmerie" logo on the sides. It had just pulled some unfortunate Brit registered motor who had been Southbound away from the ferries / tunnel. It looked very trick until I saw the logo on the side doors...cheeky!
Hope that this helps.
There's a simpler way of explaining it really.
Up to 30 kph over the limit prevailing 90 euros
Up to 50 kph over the limit prevailing a larger fine based on the actual excess.
Over 50 kph over the limit prevailing - goodbye licence.
Don't think they'll just be on the motorways either - you are just as likely to be caught on a Route Nationale or entering or leaving a village/town. In a 30mph (50kph) town limit a speed of 63mph (101kph) will have the same effect. They are very canny these days at positioning their radars just outside the town but catching you withing the town limit as you accelerate.
One final note; beware of rain since french motorways have two limits - 110kph when it's raining and 130kph if it is dry and fine. Their interpretation is sometimes harsh so if it isn't raining but the road surface still wet the 110 limit applies, same as it does in morning mist.
Up to 30 kph over the limit prevailing 90 euros
Up to 50 kph over the limit prevailing a larger fine based on the actual excess.
Over 50 kph over the limit prevailing - goodbye licence.
Don't think they'll just be on the motorways either - you are just as likely to be caught on a Route Nationale or entering or leaving a village/town. In a 30mph (50kph) town limit a speed of 63mph (101kph) will have the same effect. They are very canny these days at positioning their radars just outside the town but catching you withing the town limit as you accelerate.
One final note; beware of rain since french motorways have two limits - 110kph when it's raining and 130kph if it is dry and fine. Their interpretation is sometimes harsh so if it isn't raining but the road surface still wet the 110 limit applies, same as it does in morning mist.
Skywalker said:
The second was on the A16 between Boulougne and Amiens.
A very nice metallic, dark blue Subaru Imprezza - with the "Gendarmerie" logo on the sides. It had just pulled some unfortunate Brit registered motor who had been Southbound away from the ferries / tunnel. It looked very trick until I saw the logo on the side doors...cheeky!
A very nice metallic, dark blue Subaru Imprezza - with the "Gendarmerie" logo on the sides. It had just pulled some unfortunate Brit registered motor who had been Southbound away from the ferries / tunnel. It looked very trick until I saw the logo on the side doors...cheeky!
I've seen quite a few WRXs as gendarme traffic carslowdrag said:
One final note; beware of rain since french motorways have two limits - 110kph when it's raining and 130kph if it is dry and fine. Their interpretation is sometimes harsh so if it isn't raining but the road surface still wet the 110 limit applies, same as it does in morning mist.
Think the definition of raining is if you are using your wipers?Burrow01 said:
lowdrag said:
One final note; beware of rain since french motorways have two limits - 110kph when it's raining and 130kph if it is dry and fine. Their interpretation is sometimes harsh so if it isn't raining but the road surface still wet the 110 limit applies, same as it does in morning mist.
Think the definition of raining is if you are using your wipers?jameswhitburn said:
and the french wonder why people dont like them....
In fairness, I suspect they're not enamoured with a bunch of loons coming over from the other side of the channel and tear-arsing their way through France on the autoroutes, or worse yet villages, with little regard for speed limits.Maybe I'm just getting older and sensibler, but I really struggle sometimes with the concept of "Well, it's France and the Le Mans weekend - surely speed limits shouldn't apply to moi ?!!! After all, I've just watched racing cars go faster on public roads so it must be safe for me to do it too !!"
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