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fkarim



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French speed limit margins and speeding fines

I will start by saying that this is not at all a moan or complaint - it serves me right for not knowing the rules. I am only posting this for the benefit of others who may be silly enough to make naive assumptions like I did.

Today I received violation notices from France for 2 speeding offences that I committed less than 2 hours apart on our return journey. The first one is for doing 97 km/h in a 90 zone and the second is for 117 km/h in a 110 zone. My mistake was assuming I had a universal 10% margin and setting my cruise at speed limit + 8% to 9% but their tolerances are actually as follows:

Measured by a fixed device:
5 km/h up to 100 km/h
5% above 100 km/h

Measured by a moving device:
10 km/h up to 100 km/h
10% above 100 km/h


Both my offences were caught by fixed devices and violations were deemed to be:
92 (97 - 5) km/h in a 90 zone; and
111 (117 - 5%) km/h in a 110 zone.

I have the right to appeal but ignorance is no excuse so I will just pay. Each ticket will cost me 45 EUR if paid within the (fairly generous) 46 days “reduced fine” period. Current: Volvo XC90 T8 Inscription Pro PHEV with some optionals on top
Gone: MY16 RRS2 3.0 SDV6 Autobiography Dynamic, Carpathian Grey & Santorini Black Sliding Pano/Ebony & Ivory 2 Tone
Gone: MY13 RRS 3.0 SDV6 HSE Black Edition, Orkney Grey/Ivory
Gone: MY09 RRS 2.7 TDV6 HSE, Santorini Black/Almond

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Jimmy_75000



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France 2010 Range Rover Sport 3.0 TDV6 HSE Stornoway Grey

I've received a few myself this year

139 -> 132 retain instead of 130 -> 45 euros if paid quickly
113 -> 107 retain instead of 90 -> 45 euros if paid quickly

and got stop back in Easter as well, 45 euros fine on the spot... Range Rover Vogue ‘17 TDV6

Gone: Range Rover Vogue '11 4.4TDV8, Range Rover Sport ‘59, Range Rover Sport ‘56

Post #587152 Wed Sep 18 2019 8:41am
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fkarim



Member Since: 14 Apr 2012
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They are strict over there. The speed limits are generally higher than the UK so I guess there is less of an excuse to go even faster than that, hence smaller margins.

I have paid mine and was very impressed with the efficient process: download the app, scan the QR code, enter card details and that's it. Of course you could choose to go on a website and mess about with entering details manually or even worse, fill paper forms and pay by post etc. but I like the speedy approach to paying your fines. Current: Volvo XC90 T8 Inscription Pro PHEV with some optionals on top
Gone: MY16 RRS2 3.0 SDV6 Autobiography Dynamic, Carpathian Grey & Santorini Black Sliding Pano/Ebony & Ivory 2 Tone
Gone: MY13 RRS 3.0 SDV6 HSE Black Edition, Orkney Grey/Ivory
Gone: MY09 RRS 2.7 TDV6 HSE, Santorini Black/Almond

Post #587153 Wed Sep 18 2019 9:09am
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timhum



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Although the general speed limit over the whole country is 80kph which is crazily low on beautiful flowing country roads when I'm over their in my Alpine A110.
Tim Tim
RRS sold and replaced with a Skoda Kodiaq after appalling RR Dealer experience and LR inability to supply new cars in any sort of reasonable time frame..

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Camelrock



Member Since: 31 Aug 2013
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I think I might of copped a ticket last week how long do you have to wait for it to come through ?
Also do you get points on your licence from the threads above I’m thinking not 2008 G4 RRSport TDV8 current
2009 TDCi 90 current
2018 Discovery 5 HSE lux current
1994 Dakar current

Post #587160 Wed Sep 18 2019 12:07pm
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fkarim



Member Since: 14 Apr 2012
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Camelrock wrote:
how long do you have to wait for it to come through ?
Also do you get points on your licence from the threads above I’m thinking not


A little over 2 weeks. Violation date 1st September, letters received 17th September. Much quicker than my last year's speeding fine from Austria ( serial offender but that too was by a tiny margin Embarassed ) that took a month or more to arrive but was cheaper (30 or 35 EUR from memory).

No points thankfully. Current: Volvo XC90 T8 Inscription Pro PHEV with some optionals on top
Gone: MY16 RRS2 3.0 SDV6 Autobiography Dynamic, Carpathian Grey & Santorini Black Sliding Pano/Ebony & Ivory 2 Tone
Gone: MY13 RRS 3.0 SDV6 HSE Black Edition, Orkney Grey/Ivory
Gone: MY09 RRS 2.7 TDV6 HSE, Santorini Black/Almond

Post #587164 Wed Sep 18 2019 2:13pm
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Camelrock



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United Kingdom 2008 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Tangiers Orange

I’ll just have to wait and see if anything comes through the post then. 2008 G4 RRSport TDV8 current
2009 TDCi 90 current
2018 Discovery 5 HSE lux current
1994 Dakar current

Post #587182 Wed Sep 18 2019 9:11pm
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SRE



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I thought (no names) was trying to impress us all with the F1 performance of the PHEV..... Whistle

On a +ve note, no points Thumbs Up In Spain - 2018 F Pace - Frightened away from the Sports due to crank failures
Gone - A couple of RRS, A couple of Disco's. However thinking of another Sport.

Post #587187 Thu Sep 19 2019 7:32am
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fkarim



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LOL Current: Volvo XC90 T8 Inscription Pro PHEV with some optionals on top
Gone: MY16 RRS2 3.0 SDV6 Autobiography Dynamic, Carpathian Grey & Santorini Black Sliding Pano/Ebony & Ivory 2 Tone
Gone: MY13 RRS 3.0 SDV6 HSE Black Edition, Orkney Grey/Ivory
Gone: MY09 RRS 2.7 TDV6 HSE, Santorini Black/Almond

Post #587189 Thu Sep 19 2019 7:48am
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