On 19/12/06 16:24, in article
1166541857.325265.220000@i12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, "English Rob"
wrote:
> I was rushing to return a rental and catch the ferry to Southampton
> after visiting a mate whose in taule at Clairvaux. I was doing about
> 210 k/ph on the motorway and I'm pretty sure I got caught in a radar
> trap. Will the car hire company send me a bill? Whats a fine like that
> likely to be? Can I protest it? Can I just shred the bill and tell the
> agency to bugger off?
> Thanks
>
Interesting, we have often visited the Clairvaux prison.
As for ticketing, they ticket you immediately on the
authoroute, that particular one is A5. You are stopped
and verbalized there. Once past the pay booth entering
into the ring freeway (le Francilian) around Paris,
that has some radar meters. They flash and are noticed
in passing (too late!).
210 is way above the tolerance. 130 is the limit but you can do
140-150 on the auto route and not get ticket but 210 is a big ticket fine,
maybe 1000 euros. If you were on the ring freeway there is
virtually no way you could be going at 210, it is too crowded.
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