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From: Cab on 21 Apr 2008 11:01 On Apr 21, 3:16 pm, Boots <bo...(a)despammed.com> wrote: > On Apr 21, 12:29 pm, Pete Fisher <Pe...(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk> wrote: > http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/article35... > > > > quelle surprise "He added that France was the most unco-operative > country." That's not a bad thing, IMO. It means that it'll be difficult to reach a Euro wide agreement, which means less to worry about for the moment. Anyway, France is probably being seen as unco-operative, because their data protection laws are so strict. They're not like the DVLA giving all and sundry to anyone who asks. -- Cab
From: Cab on 21 Apr 2008 11:07 On Apr 21, 10:45 am, "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > <snip> > > Ah. I've been in touch with Hertz. The bad news: I was actually > flashed four times, hence four notifications. Erk. > > The better news: the French authorities send the ticket details > directly to me, and not Hertz. So I might ignore it. Or rather, them. <G> Nice. But my BiL can beat that. He was flashed 8 times on a recent trip from Paris to Spain. He did a journey that would take around 8 hours in just over 6. Including his (albeit short) Spanish leg. -- Cab
From: antonye on 21 Apr 2008 11:06 TOG(a)Toil wrote: antonye wrote: > TOG(a)Toil wrote: > > > > Ah. I've been in touch with Hertz. The bad news: I was actually > > > flashed four times, hence four notifications. Erk. > > > Lol, well done! > > I'd like to know if this is a ukrm record. Can anyone beat four > speeding tickets in one French trip? That's a pretty good record on *any* trip, let alone a French one! -- Antony
From: TOG on 21 Apr 2008 11:17 On 21 Apr, 15:58, Cab <Ros...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 21, 2:31 pm, ginge <the.gingeREM...(a)THISgmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:05:08 -0700 (PDT), "TOG(a)Toil" > > > <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > >On 20 Apr, 18:13, "Cab" <my_email_address_is_in_my_...(a)privacy.net> > > >wrote: > > > >> In the past, what the score has been, is that European offenders in the > > >> UK have to surrender their euro licence and exchange it for a UK one > > >> with said points added. > > > >> It's the same in France. > > > >Let me get this straight. If this goes to the worst case, does that > > >mean the French can nobble my UK licence? That's not good news. > > > They could give you a ban from driving in France, but at this point > > int time it wouldn't be valid here. > > *ding* > Yes, this has been suggested elsewhere. Hm.
From: CT on 21 Apr 2008 11:22
Cab wrote: > But my BiL can beat that. He was flashed 8 times on a recent trip from > Paris to Spain. He did a journey that would take around 8 hours in > just over 6. Including his (albeit short) Spanish leg. Does he have trouble buying pantal�n? -- Chris |