France/Speeding Tickets . . .

[Andrew_Gelb]

Unfortunately, I was right. Two years in a row! Last year, Spain. Now France. I did get a ticket from Normandy, along with an “administrative” bill from the rental agency. Paid up and I’ll try not to do it again in whatever country I find myself next year.

Cheers,
Andrew

[Patrick_Friel]

@Andrew Gelb

I got one last year in Spain, received it in the mail a few weeks after we got home. Paid it, once I figured out how, so that I would not get detained the next time I entered that country.

Andrew

Same happened to me except I never figured out how to pay it. The ticket was all in Spanish as was the website. My Spanish isn’t bad so I filled all the fields with info I thought they wanted and my submission was rejected. At one point I called the Spanish consulate for advice. They didn’t want anything to do with it.

I will travel under an assumed name next time I’m in Spain. I’ve always liked “Ricardo Montalban” and he doesn’t need it anymore.

[Claude_Kolm]

Last week I received a ticket in the mail for having done 57 km/hr in a small Burgundy town (50 km/hr) on the RN in the Côte de Nuits, i.e., 35.3 mph in a 31 mph zone. Beware!

[Scott_Brunson]

@Claude Kolm

Last week I received a ticket in the mail for having done 57 km/hr in a small Burgundy town (50 km/hr) on the RN in the Côte de Nuits, i.e., 35.3 mph in a 31 mph zone. Beware!

OUCH
That sucks

[Guillaume_Deschamps]

Wait until you get one for driving 51km/h instead of 50. Also important to be extra careful in zones limited to 30km/h or 50km/h as the fines and sanctions are steeper.

[Claude_Kolm]

@Guillaume Deschamps

Wait until you get one for driving 51km/h instead of 50. Also important to be extra careful in zones limited to 30km/h or 50km/h as the fines and sanctions are steeper.

The ticket indicated that the radar was within 2 km/h, so I’d have to go at least 53 to get a ticket there.

[brigcampbell]

Crap, a driving violation just showed up in the mail sent from Italy. 18 months later… Something about driving in a no traffic zone during certain hours.

Says I’m guilty until proven innocent.

How about this: I’m not paying.

[Russell_Faulkner]

Was it a rental, they can probably just charge your card.

Over here tickets are quite normal, I now pass 8-10 cameras on my 15 minute commute, almost all cameras give a 20kph leeway, except a few that don’t, it gets tricky!

[Mont_Stern]

If you don’t want this to take hold in the US, join me in supporting the National Motorists Association. They were the lobby behind getting rid of the 55 MPH speed limit.

National Motorists Association - Driver Advocacy

Red Light Cameras - National Motorists Association

http://www.motorists.org/speed-cameras/

[Paul_Jaouen]

@Mont Stern

If you don’t want this to take hold in the US, join me in supporting the National Motorists Association. They were the lobby behind getting rid of the 55 MPH speed limit.
http://www.motorists.org/
Red Light Cameras - National Motorists Association
http://www.motorists.org/speed-cameras/

Or the NRA. They can shoot the cameras.

[Mont_Stern]

@Paul Jaouen

@Mont Stern

If you don’t want this to take hold in the US, join me in supporting the National Motorists Association. They were the lobby behind getting rid of the 55 MPH speed limit.
http://www.motorists.org/
Red Light Cameras - National Motorists Association
http://www.motorists.org/speed-cameras/

Or the NRA. They can shoot the cameras.

I assume you are joking but without the NMA, motorists in the US would be raped by insurance companies and money hungry municipalities & states.

[Marc_Hauser]

About 6 or 8 years ago, we took a trip to France and drove around in a rental car. We had a problem with the credit card machine at the toll booth off the highway, and ended up just driving thru (at the suggestion of the personnel, no less).

Similar to brigcampbell’s experience, about 18 months later, we got a letter at our home in the US demanding payment of the toll amount (about $30). We paid it, in part because we were so impressed they tracked us down.