James Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Hi,I received my speeding fine today for doing (enregistree) at 58kph in a (limitee a) 50 kph limit. The fine is 135 euros reduced to 90 euros if paid within 15 days. Is this right?I thought if you were speeding by less than 20 kph that the fine is 68 euros reduced to 45 euros if paid within 15 days. Which is correct? Thanks James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Yeah I think you're right, at least according to this sitehttp://www.radars-auto.com/sanctions_radars.phpbut I expect SD will be along soon with the definitive part of the Code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cjlaws Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 No. The case fall within the second category - speed limit 50 kph, exceeded by 20kph or less. The fine is the correct one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 That's right, the OP would have been correct if he had been speeding on the open road, but in built up areas the fines escalate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Anglia Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 FA is waiting for the usual "Greek Chorus" to come on and parrot the "speed kills" mantra, tell you that you shouldn't do the crime etc, and basically vilify you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 remember the Speed Kills song by Canned Heat? Except it was about a different kind of speed of course.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 Hi,Thanks for all of your replies.As you say it is correct. I talked to them on their helpline and sure enough the fine is 90 euros as it was a built up area. Had I of been speeding outside a built up area I would of been fined 45 euro in the end.Ah well serves me right. It's my first fine etc since passing my test at age 21 in late 1999. Posting my fine tomorrow. James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 [quote user="James"]Ah well serves me right. It's my first fine etc since passing my test at age 21 in late 1999. Posting my fine tomorrow. James. [/quote]You can even pay it online with your bankcard - this is what we did last summer when my OH fell foul of a hidden policeman with a speed-gun.Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Totally irresponsible driving - you could have killed some kittens.........[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 SD, you are a terrible vilifier, smack your wrists![:-))]There but for fortune goes ALL of us and let the first without sin cast the first stone!Me please???P.S. I have just re-read that. It's very PC isn't it, not at all like me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 Hi Sue, with regards to paying the fine online we prefer not to pay online if at all possible due to having to give your card details. I did look at the process for paying online, and it looked very easy to do, and you can print of a receipt as well which is very good. Thanks James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemer1150 Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Mea culpa - today; no other traffic; dusk; missed the sign; long way from sign to habitation; only people about me and the gendarmes...73kph in a 50 - first offence in 22 years... dratsPolite Gendarme said 90 euro fine... does he mean €90 if paid within 15 days, and what happens about the points with a UK licence which he saw and seemed happy (well, OK 'happy' probably not the right word) about?Is it the guilotine or just a few months in the Bastille for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Naughty boy..............................thats nearly 50% over the posted limit.,[Www]You will almost certainly get points (plural) for 23k over the posted limit and they will insist on a licence change.(please note that I said almost certainly)Were you on your bike or in a cage ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 73kph in a 50 is a class 4 infraction - two points and a 135€ fine, reduced to 90€ if paid within three working days (fifteen days if it is a fixed radar ticket sent by post).Check your ticket for any instruction on exchanging your licence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 One of THESE might be an investment (minus the Laser option of course !). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 £100 for a pretty useless piece of kit like that? How might that be an investment for Beemer1150? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Can BMW's actually do 73k...?[:D][:D][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemer1150 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 In the cage! Not in any hurry, had stuck to every limit up till then (Saturday, lots of Gendarmes out around our way) and just missed that particular town sign. Really cross with myself! Presumably I will get a nice little letter in the post soon. Never having had one before will it ask for my licence to be sent off anywhere? If so do I change it to a French one first and if so how do I do that... Oh dear, so many questions!By the way Bugbear, why 'almost certainly' for the points - is there some discretion? Edit - Thanks all, several replies received while typing this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 [quote user="Beemer1150"]By the way Bugbear, why 'almost certainly' for the points - is there some discretion?[/quote]Not so much discretion as variation. I think it's based on how they are feeling at the time and whether they like you or not...............[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemer1150 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Re-reading the posts which crossed with mine - particulary SD's - throws up another query:'... two points and a 135€ fine, reduced to 90€ if paid within three working days (fifteen days if it is a fixed radar ticket sent by post).Check your ticket for any instruction on exchanging your licence.'It was a mobile front facing radar (and presumably camera - it was a black thing on a tripod) and I didn't get a ticket at the time - presumably it will arrive by post, but will I have only 3 days to pay? Sounds a bit tight and relies on the postal system. Also does this mean the licence/points business is independant from paying the fine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Radar/camera on a tripod is classed as a fixed unit and you do not have to be issued with the ticket at the time of the offence. That means it will arrive by post and you'll have the normal fifteen days in which to pay the fine.These tickets are issued by the central fines processing unit at Rennes and show the points penalty awarded. For French licence holders, their 'points capital' held on the central licence database is automatically updated with the penalty. However, this process cannot be applied to foreign licence holders and in these cases, it is usual for a single point to be waived - but you might scrape by with two....I suggest you pay the fine and wait to see if there is any follow up....[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemer1150 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Thanks SD - and everyone else. Just have to wait and see - and scour the verges for town signs even more vigilantly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Which is where my little device could come in handy, alerting you to the speed limit if you happen to miss it or your concentration wanders [;-)]Your €90 fine is already 2/3rds the cost of the unit but it's a bit like a burglar alarms isn't it where a goodly proportion are bought AFTER the first robbery ?Of course, if you have a Sat Nav it will normally perform a similar function although in a somewhat larger form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Your little device would have to have been programmed with every speed limit change in France to have been of any use to Beemer1150. As far as I can tell, it only displays the speed limit at fixed radar locations - where they have large advance warning signs......[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemer1150 Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Almost a week later and still nothing in the post - how long do these things keep you on tenterhooks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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