Couple of French letters

[Clarky]

I was caught at Buigny St Maclou just north of Abbeville on the D1001 as I was heading for home

I know the camera well, just past the airfield, it has been there for a long time.
No, I haven’t been nicked by it............yet.
I use that route so often that I now know where all the cameras are, at least until the swines secrete one of their temporary ones somewhere.

At least no points involved, but does anyone know if you have to inform your insurance company on renewal?

We won’t tell if you don’t.

Richard.

 

[Chris]

I can’t believe all the negative posts about France

I have been saying all this for years....

 

[gus-lopez]

t's the constant unknown random threat of surveillance and pouncing on any mistake which ruins the drive. If the driving is simply no fun, even when setting out with a firm intention of obeying every single petty rule and regulation of the road, what's the point of going there?

A bit like the Uk ............but worse.

At least no points involved, but does anyone know if you have to inform your insurance company on renewal?

no

 

[john lillie]

I just received a FPN from the traffic dept of Kingston on Thames, Surrey, based on my reg plate. It included two photos of a vehicle - a silver Vauxhall Astra - making an illegal left turn.

I have never owned a silver Vauxhall Astra. I have never been down the road in the photos. My white-with-flashes Vauxhall Movano 3.5 tonne self build was, at the time of the incident, 1200 miles away in Spain, in a pal's garage, with its starter battery on trickle charge in my home, 1/2 mile away.

Three clicks on the excellent DVLA website reveals the full details of my vehicle. But this, of course, would take someone 2 minutes of their time to do. But time is money, public service budgets are stretched ... except that someone is now going to have to spend a lot longer dealing with my irrefutible contestation of the FPN.

happens more often than you think, twice employees of mine were allegedly driving in London, when they were at work all day with me in Leics, false plates jobbies both times, but hassel to sort out

 

[nicholsong]

happens more often than you think, twice employees of mine were allegedly driving in London, when they were at work all day with me in Leics, false plates jobbies both times, but hassel to sort out

If these organisations send demand for money without checking with the DVLA database to ensure that they have targetted the right vehicle, then I think that amounts to the attempted offence of 'Obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception.'

A response to that effect should sort that situation out quickly as it would probably have to go to the Legal Dept.

Geoff

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[john lillie]

the DVLA are no better, twice I have sorned a vehicle, and twice they have, sometime later, sent me an £80 "fine" for not complying. Luckily I keep a record and copy of the confirmation email, but still had to send proof, and no apology forthcoming , of course!