Brit speeders targeted by French Police

So we need to be doing more than 170mph to stand a chance of getting away then... Hmmmm....

Posted: 28/08/2008 at 15:18

A Gendarme once proved to me I had been speeding by writing the speed in his notebook and showing me.

What could I do?

Posted: 28/08/2008 at 15:23

Well you're obviously a master criminal!  Throw away the key!

Posted: 28/08/2008 at 15:30

In defence of the French, many UK biker mags seem to advocate going to France for the sole purpose of riding faster than in the UK.

Some even do their tests over there so they can wind the scooter out on a French national route.

Posted: 28/08/2008 at 15:33

StevRS wrote (see)

So we need to be doing more than 170mph to stand a chance of getting away then... Hmmmm....

Posted: 28/08/2008 at 15:34

StevRS wrote (see)

So we need to be doing more than 170mph to stand a chance of getting away then... Hmmmm....

That's me knackered then

Posted: 28/08/2008 at 15:38

oldgit wrote (see)

StevRS wrote (see)

So we need to be doing more than 170mph to stand a chance of getting away then... Hmmmm....

That's me knackered then

well you are an oldgit aint ya

Posted: 28/08/2008 at 15:40

targeted, not targetted

Posted: 28/08/2008 at 15:56

tufty00 wrote (see)

In defence of the French, many UK biker mags seem to advocate going to France for the sole purpose of riding faster than in the UK. Some even do their tests over there so they can wind the scooter out on a French national route.

Yeah I noticed that, doesnt seem fair Brits going to another country and acting like total morons on someone else's road, and yeah some mags almost seem to encourage it.  They need to set up an agency in Europen to deal with people trying to dodge driving convictions and the foreign plates scam that occurs everywhere.

Posted: 28/08/2008 at 16:03

Police in France are getting much more serious about speed over the last few years. Best solution is to avoid most of France by getting on motorail at Calais, get off at Toulouse, hop over the pyrenees into Spain. In my experience they actively encourage speeding over in Spain. You see police almost exclusively in towns, rarely on the open roads.

We did face a dilemma on one occasion though ... on one ride in the middle of nowhere in Spain, we came upon a police car cruising at about 80mph, about 10mph or so too slow for us. Should we overtake or not?? Our minds were made up when a local tazzed past us and the cop car at about 130mph on a Fireblade. The cop didn't bat an eyelid, so we set off after the Fireblade. Roads are much better in France and Spain than our pot-holed tracks over here though!

Posted: 28/08/2008 at 16:16

the french drive really fast , whats their problem....agincourt i suppose

Posted: 28/08/2008 at 17:31

It's over next year anyway.

From Jan 1, 2009 all police forces in the EU will be forced to follow up foreign speeders by sending details of the offence to the offenders country of origin for prosecution.

Then in 2012 when they bring in the single EU driving licence, you'll be able to collect points across all member states, despite having different rules and regulations in each country.

Posted: 28/08/2008 at 21:16

I go to France and Spain every year with my mates.

The rule is: get well off the beaten track before giving it the gun. After that you're pretty much immune.

I've only been done once and it was for some pretty outrageous stuff:  252km/h in a 50kmh zone.

Is that really true what Road Pirate says? If so I need to find a new annual fix that trackdays only feed.

Posted: 28/08/2008 at 23:50

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6180617.stm

So what bike do I qualify for with less than 1 year on a DAS?

Posted: 28/08/2008 at 23:54

Road Pirate wrote (see)

It's over next year anyway.

From Jan 1, 2009 all police forces in the EU will be forced to follow up foreign speeders by sending details of the offence to the offenders country of origin for prosecution.

Then in 2012 when they bring in the single EU driving licence, you'll be able to collect points across all member states, despite having different rules and regulations in each country.

With a bit of luck a few countries (come on Ireland) will vote against it and it will be scrapped like the EU constitution

Although I can see some benefits of an EU wide license, I strongly beleive in our right to be recognised as an independent country. I do not want to be part of another USA on this side of the pond! Most of all I am not comfortable with being ordered how to live my life by some beaurocrat from another country - the polititions we have over hear are bad enough, never mind somebody who is even more removed from reality!  

Posted: 29/08/2008 at 11:13

IIIrd wrote (see)

the french drive really fast , whats their problem....agincourt i suppose

Not any more they don't..France and Spain now appear to have painfully slow drivers sticking to all the speed limits...thank god they are courteous though and get out of the way

Posted: 29/08/2008 at 11:23

Road Pirate wrote (see)

It's over next year anyway.

From Jan 1, 2009 all police forces in the EU will be forced to follow up foreign speeders by sending details of the offence to the offenders country of origin for prosecution.

Then in 2012 when they bring in the single EU driving licence, you'll be able to collect points across all member states, despite having different rules and regulations in each country.

Thats a bit of eScaremongering based upon legislation that could allow cross border pursuits to continue and for member states to provide identity details to another EU country to assist in prosecution.,. as yet there are no plans to prosecute you in any one country for offences committed in another..

Posted: 29/08/2008 at 11:25