Speeding in France.

[Roy C]

I loved next to a French police man for 15 years.

Nice to see this thread turn into an homage to ‘Allo ‘Allo

 

[flying banana]

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Generally, countries which drive on the right have a worse safety record than countries which drive on the left. The two circumstances might be unconnected, and Norway, which drives on the right, has one of the very best safety records in the world.

https://visual.ly/community/infogra...nts-regards-left-and-right-hand-sided-driving


Follow my blog: www.au-revoir.eu[/QUOTCambodia Thailand drive on the left too. their road safety is a bit iffy

 

[Zebedee]

I have certainly seen an increase in fixed speed cameras in Brittany in the last year, often in very rural locations. Lovely open roads 110 km speed limit and who is sailing past you.....the French of course! Gendarmes as rare as hens teeth apart from the times the farmers set fire to tyres and hay bales to barricade the local supermarket or let a pig maraude around the aisles!

But do leave proper time to get to the ferry.....they do know when you're on the road.

However it is such a joy to drive around the place nothing will put me off!

 

[Rollinghome]

Correction: only SPEEDING foreign plates collect speeding fines... Don't speed, then you don't get fined.

But then where is the fun in it??

If you speed and get a fine, don't whine! Rather, sit very still in a corner, be very quiet, and shame...

I use Waze as as sat nav.... it’s not 100% accurate but very interactive with other users and does let you know instantly of speed traps... got off the hook in NJ last week...

 

[ejmoore]

We got stopped & fined 90€ for not stopping at a (completely empty) road junction in the Dordogne in August. But while we were paying, another couple of cars were also flagged down, all French people, so I don't think there's any bias.

 

[PudnBob]

I use Waze as as sat nav.... it’s not 100% accurate but very interactive with other users and does let you know instantly of speed traps... got off the hook in NJ last week...

Illegal to have a speed trap warning on in you vehicle in France

 

[briwy]

We got stopped & fined 90€ for not stopping at a (completely empty) road junction in the Dordogne in August. But while we were paying, another couple of cars were also flagged down, all French people, so I don't think there's any bias.[/QUOTE
Yep, must stop completely at stop signs for the designated period. Can't remember if it's three or five seconds though.

We got stopped & fined 90€ for not stopping at a (completely empty) road junction in the Dordogne in August. But while we were paying, another couple of cars were also flagged down, all French people, so I don't think there's any bias.

Yep, must stop completely for the designated time. Can't remember if it's three or five seconds though.

 

[Romke]

Yep, must stop completely for the designated time. Can't remember if it's three or five seconds though.

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[B J G]

Not just France for not stopping, recall way back in the 1970's in Germany they had a camera in the verge by a stop junction that took a sequence of still photos and if the wheel photo wasn't clear, blurred due to movement, a fine was dished out. They also had a Splittie with one headlight the other was the radar speed detector.
Stop means stop which few drivers here in UK seem to understand.
Must confess to not previously applying the 3 second rule, 1 or 2 yes.

 

[Rollinghome]

Illegal to have a speed trap warning on in you vehicle in France

But it’s a GPS software... it is not a speed trap warning! (What a great loophole )

 

[Taff7996]

Word of warning for those of us traveling through France
Ive heard that they are utilising drones to patrol roads, they park up out of sight and use the drones to catch speeding vehicles

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/dronelife.com/2017/11/14/french-police-drones/amp/

 

[WelshGas]

Word of warning for those of us traveling through France
Ive heard that they are utilising drones to patrol roads, they park up out of sight and use the drones to catch speeding vehicles

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/dronelife.com/2017/11/14/french-police-drones/amp/

In the States they use microlights and helicopters.

 

[Gazellio]

Easy solution. Do not break the required speed limit especially in a camper van.

 

[Yorkie]

Crackdown:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/10/france-cuts-speed-limit-rise-deaths

This article explains the factor in road deaths is excessive speed not people driving at the speed limit. My conclusion is that if you slow down the law abiding driver and he is hit by a speeding one then joint impact speed is reduced thus saving some lives. Hopefully.

 

[Yorkie]

In the States they use microlights and helicopters.

They also use helicopters in the UK, hence the 2ft white squares on the roads as measures.

 

[estresao]

In Spain they also use helicopters.


But, why people want drive faster than allowed?

 

[Jabberwocky]

You're in your Camper - What's the rush? Keep to the speed limits and save your worries, lives and enjoy the scenery!