got flashed in super sensitive Switzerland....in ahire car
She was only a named driver...on an NZ licence
We had to pay the fine (or they come after the hirer)
Believe it or not if you get a speeding ticket here in the scotland, England, Wales...a Northern Ireland Licence cannot be "marked"...you have to get a UK paper licence portion & then its immediateley cancelled.
I beleive on the rest of the EU countries...you have to pay the fine but they cant mark pointsBREXIT - done properly.
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did you hear about the lady, ,car reg english ,who drove around italy ,she lives there as well ,£79,000 in fines to date ,speeding ,parking etc,they traced her ,last year. 2008 ,hse, it does what it says .
11th Jan 2012 5:49 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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I went to try and pay my Italian fine on line (autostrada, wouldn't take my credit card) but it wouldn't accept my credit card. Never mind.
11th Jan 2012 5:53 pm
WOODY179
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DSL wrote:
Got flashed in ... Andorra Aug 2911, nowt yet.
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11th Jan 2012 6:14 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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11th Jan 2012 6:17 pm
hotrocks
Member Since: 05 Jan 2010
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Its true that in the UK if a forgein (sic) plate gets flashed.. nothing happens.. it gets binned as the reg number does not appear on the DVLA database so they have no way of tracing the driver.
On the other hand.. if the moterist gets caught by an actual human being (god forbid) they can be detained and put before the next available court... in reality this doesnt happen for speeding very often.
I guess its much the same in Europe the main difference being they have 'on the spot' fines which can be enforced at the point of offence.
I do wonder how long it will be before the ANPR cameras at the ports are updated overnight with speeding offenders so they can be issued a fixed penalty ticket before the board the ferry/eur tunnel though.
11th Jan 2012 7:36 pm
chris d3
Member Since: 21 Jun 2009
Location: sunderland
Posts: 423
I drive Abroad for a living and been flashed by cameras loads of time never here nothing.
The only times ive been done is at peages/services when they checked my tachos
11th Jan 2012 10:37 pm
crews control
Member Since: 18 Mar 2007
Location: Dorset
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Known in London as 'freedom plates'.
I'm thinking of re-registering my disco in Poland and then I can do what I like.
(or even better some Arab country so plod can't even read the numbers!)
11th Jan 2012 10:38 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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I've flashed in Switzerland, Spain, France - nothing happened.
I got pulled in Italy a few years ago by a plod doing a spot check, and got a severe telling off for not carrying my license. They would have arrested me and taken me to the cop shop had I not had the children in the car.
11th Jan 2012 10:47 pm
maplecottage
Member Since: 01 Feb 2011
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 3171
Re: My Eldest
BLFarrar wrote:
got flashed in super sensitive Switzerland....in ahire car
She was only a named driver...on an NZ licence
We had to pay the fine (or they come after the hirer)
Believe it or not if you get a speeding ticket here in the scotland, England, Wales...a Northern Ireland Licence cannot be "marked"...you have to get a UK paper licence portion & then its immediateley cancelled.
I beleive on the rest of the EU countries...you have to pay the fine but they cant mark points
I seem to recall that good ol' Tony Blair agreed to an arrangement where you would get both fined and points added from any offences committed in France
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