French Motorway / Speed Limit / Laser Cops / Cops Hiding!

[fudge]

Driving nicely back to Calais I have never seen so many French Highway Police in my life, if you are heading north from Paris be carefull, the Police "Hide" in the tree's about 3 miles south of the Toll just north of St. Omer and then pull you at the toll booth, there were 4 british cars in there when we came through, the speedlimit is 130kph, your obviously safe at a "bit" over that but they "plod" wear a blue uniform

Happy Holidays!

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

Driving nicely back to Calais I have never seen so many French Highway Police in my life, if you are heading north from Paris be carefull, the Police "Hide" in the tree's about 3 miles south of the Toll just north of St. Omer and then pull you at the toll booth, there were 4 british cars in there when we came through, the speedlimit is 130kph, your obviously safe at a "bit" over that ;-) but they "plod" wear a blue uniform that is almost camoflaged at 140 / 150kph!

Happy Holidays!

* I do not condone the use of excessive speed unless you spent too long at Disneyland trying to get Minnies signature for your 5 yr old for the eighth time and lose track of time then realise you have 2 hours to cover 185 miles or face the long arm of French Eurotunnel staff.... anyway the Poles and Dutch left us for dead!

The French don't play by the rules like we do. I have noticed that the Plod on the other side of the Channel do tend to pick on cars with the GB plate on the back.
I have heard that the latest thing is that they will give on the spot fines for minor infringments like not carrying spare bulb sets, flourescent jackets, etc etc, so make sure you are fully stocked up with all necessary equipment.

Bon Voyage, and for Pete's sake don't say things to the French like

1) You look slightly German.
2) The Maginot Line was a real winner, wasn't it?
3) Throw another Joan of Arc on the barbeque will you?
4) Didn't Calais used to belong to Britain?

 or mention any of the following words. Agincourt, Crecy or Waterloo. They might get a tad upset.

[Thrasher]

...and what ever you do - DO NOT MENTION THE FRENCH NAVAL FLEET ;)

[Thrasher]

LSP .. one question - I can't get a spare bulb kit for Bagheera - so what would they do?

[rollazuki]

Yes, I noticed em on the way back from disney. Fortunately, we were hovering around the speed limit at the time and we were left alone. probably doing 85-90 ish at the time.
Bulb kit is easy , just get any old bulb kit, what they gonna do, take em all out the car and check......
Just make sure you dont have a radar detector cos they DO NOT like those.

[thermidorthelobster]

I have heard that the latest thing is that they will give on the spot fines for minor infringments like not carrying spare bulb sets, flourescent jackets, etc etc, so make sure you are fully stocked up with all necessary equipment.

You think the French are bad, you should try northern Senegal  :roll:

[Rich_P]

LSP .. one question - I can't get a spare bulb kit for Bagheera - so what would they do?

Say you're lying and fine you anyway, at least that's what would happen here.  :lol:

[fudge]

Bon Voyage, and for Pete's sake don't say things to the French like

1) You look slightly German.
2) The Maginot Line was a real winner, wasn't it?
3) Throw another Joan of Arc on the barbeque will you?
4) Didn't Calais used to belong to Britain?

 or mention any of the following words. Agincourt, Crecy or Waterloo. They might get a tad upset.

My french extends to:

Bonjor, Jem Apple Mark, Je Voudrais Une Sandwiche Jambon Et Framage et mayonaise si vous plate!

Ou est la toilette

Ou est la supermarche,

Troi Biere SVP

Trio Biere SVP

aurevoire, mercy!

ou est la channel tunnel, oh and usually

Ou est EASTENDERS, je voudraise une BOOT LOAD OF biere et CHEAP vin*

Note the use of the LOUDER language to ensure the french clearly understand!

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

LSP .. one question - I can't get a spare bulb kit for Bagheera - so what would they do?

probably shrug their shoulders, and shaft you with a ticket!

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

Bon Voyage, and for Pete's sake don't say things to the French like

1) You look slightly German.
2) The Maginot Line was a real winner, wasn't it?
3) Throw another Joan of Arc on the barbeque will you?
4) Didn't Calais used to belong to Britain?

 or mention any of the following words. Agincourt, Crecy or Waterloo. They might get a tad upset.

My french extends to:

Bonjor, Jem Apple Mark, Je Voudrais Une Sandwiche Jambon Et Framage

et mayonaise si vous plate!

Ou est la toilette

Ou est la supermarche,

Troi Biere SVP

Trio Biere SVP

aurevoire, mercy!

ou est la channel tunnel, oh and usually

Ou est EASTENDERS, je voudraise une BOOT LOAD OF biere et CHEAP vin*

Note the use of the LOUDER language to ensure the french clearly understand!

In all fairness, I shouldn't tar our gallic cousins with the same brush. I have carried out exstensive research and found that the first Lord De Sheet-Pyle was in fact one of the first persons off the boat in 1066 as the 'Grand Monsewer De Toilette' for the naughty 'William,Duke du Normandy'. Apparently he was a little bit miffed that some scandanavian chap called Harald had nicked his place in the queue 'Pour Le Privee'.
Hence my ancestor was sent to go and clear the way for William, and make sure there was sufficent 'Papier pour Le Lavatoire' for the Duke.
Some would say that it is a load of crap, but I am very proud of my ancestoral heritage and that I have been able to get to the bottom of the story.

[Sider]

If you can't find a kit, then you have to get yourself enough spare bulbs to guarantee that you can replace any indicator, head, side, brake or reverse light, plus number plate light.

However, IF you can't find a kit in this country, any Land Rover Stealership in the continent will be able to provide one.

And finally, as for the frogs not playing by the rules... They do play by the rules, they enforce the law. The reason why you see them stopping more foreign than local vehicles is simple: They don't need to stop a local to send him a nice summons, whereas with foreigners is a tad more complicated.

And in all honesty, the fact that the UK has the laxest of regulations in the EU when it comes to vehicle safety does not excuse us with complying with the law when we travel abroad. Just consider yourselves lucky that we are not subject to quite the same standards as the locals are. In Spain, with a spanish car, you are required to carry 2 (two) emergency triangles, whereas with a british reg you get away with only one.

I am quite fed up with people complaining about the foreign lorries flaunting the law over here and then complaining because when abroad they're not able to get away with the same things they complain about here.

[Thrasher]

Hmmm .. well I am pretty certain that I cannot get a spare headlight blulb ..... I'll just stick Piglets kit in there next time I go abroad.

[fudge]

Hmmm .. well I am pretty certain that I cannot get a spare headlight blulb ..... I'll just stick Piglets kit in there next time I go abroad.

I assume your daily driver has Xennons..... if so you can not change these roadside, and to be honest wih them running circa 25000 volts I'd not want to, better to electrocute the apprentice at the Stealer.

[Thrasher]

Yep ... and adaptive ones at that - so deffo not a roadside repair :)

[Sider]

My bad, didn't think of the RRS headlights. However, I stand by the rest of my statement.

[pilgrim]

they're in for a treat next week with all the exotica heading down for the le mans 24hrs.

the most amusing bit is spotting the supercars parked up on the hard shoulder about 1km from a toll booth, all looking at their watches - this is because the toll booths record what time you go through and the police and toll staff collaberate to give you a ticket if you make it along a stretch faster than you should. We always give a prize to whoever has the most accurate average speed - last year someone was only 28 seconds off!

[Thrasher]

RRS?!?! {Thrasher set to simmer}

 :shock:

[Sider]

Me thought Bagheera was the infamous Range Rover Sport Supercharged????

Or is me wrong?? :oops:

Or is it just that you disapprove of me lazyness? :lol:  :lol:  :oops:

[Thrasher]

Bagheera isn't a Sport. He is a full fat Range Rover Vogue SE Supercharged :-) Da big bruvver lol

[Sider]

Oh, all right. Here I was thinking you had a cool car, and it is just another Chelsea Tractor :twisted:  :twisted:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

I seriously was convinced it was a Sport. Need to pay more attention to my surroundings :D

And before anyone starts acting outraged, the first sentence is a joke.