Driving outside UK/Ireland

[WTFH]

For those interested, the GB plate was brought into law by the UN Convention on Road Traffic in 1949 and subsequently updated in 1968.

[NotAllThere]

You will be marched to a cash point by a gendarme to pay a fine.

Unlikely. The German and French police don't care. The Italian police are right little zealots though. It's just a fine and a requirement to get a sticker ASAP. I don't know how the UK police react to foreign registered cars without such an identifier.

Swiss plates don't have the country code CH on them - so we have to have a sticker as well.

[vetran]

This is not an EU rule ... so do try to stop blaming others for your decision.

It is partially harmonised but for once you are nearly correct in your statement . Its a per EU country rule. But as I never suggested it was an EU rule you are incorrect in that your opinion matters.

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/travel/d...ope/checklist/

You need different items in Spain & France.

• Reflective jackets (there must be one for each passenger and be kept within the cabin of the car)
• Warning triangle (compulsory in most countries)
• Headlamp beam deflectors (depending on your car, you’ll either need deflector stickers or have to adjust the beam manually)
• Safety helmets are compulsory for riders and passengers of motorcyclists and moped users
• UK car sticker (if you don’t have a GB Euro number plate, or no matter what's on you number plate when driving in Cyprus, Malta or Spain)
• First aid kit (compulsory in Austria, France and Germany)

So you see some are Mandatory across the EU, some are optional all are local rules.


However there are a number of verified reports that the Gendarmes enjoy collecting on the spot fines from the Brits and did so during our EU membership before Brexit even started. Don't worry the French hate their Police as well, there is a lot of support for the now invisible (in the news) but still very active yellow vests.

Maybe the yellow vests need to start an acapella group and they would be on the TV every night? maybe call it The flying vestments?

[vetran]

Unlikely. The German and French police don't care. The Italian police are right little zealots though. It's just a fine and a requirement to get a sticker ASAP. I don't know how the UK police react to foreign registered cars without such an identifier.

Swiss plates don't have the country code CH on them - so we have to have a sticker as well.

Strange they seem to be interested according to the press:

https://thegoodlifefrance.com/uk-dri...eeding-france/

The police in the Pas de Calais area and particularly on the main auto routes are keen to catch those who break the speed limits and they have the power to make drivers pay. We have heard numerous accounts from British drivers who have been pulled over for speeding and made to pay an on the spot fine. One driver told us that he had had his driving licence confiscated at the side of the road within 20 minutes of driving into France.

Often the gendarmes are hidden off road with their high tech speed laser guns and they mean business.

The main A16 route from Calais which leads to Abbeville and on to Normandy is a favourite route for British drivers and it is here that you are likely to encounter problems if you break the law by speeding.

The motorway police (pelotons motorises) have the power to confiscate your car, make you pay there and then or to take your licence and give you an on the spot ban for driving in France. You will get your licence back but it can take weeks or even months. However, you may not get your car back, if the courts decide your speeding was reckless enough i.e. more than 50km over the limit, they will not return your car and may auction it off. If you don’t have cash, the police will take your passport and send you to a cash point to get cash.

The French police do not have to have photo evidence – if they say you were speeding then you have to prove you were not – and that’s not easy.

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/...9-already.html

There are also specific items that all motorists are obliged by law to carry in or around their car and failure to have them can land you in hot water.

These include a high viz jacket for every passenger, a warning triangle, spare bulbs, headlamp beam deflectors, a GB sticker and a single-use 'NF approved' breathalyser.

Of course, most of these would require being stopped by the police and a fine would be issued on the spot, meaning requests for details are unlikely - although those who do not pay up for these may be included in the figures.

[NotAllThere]

The police in the Pas de Calais area and particularly on the main auto routes are keen to catch those who break the speed limits and they have the power to make drivers pay.

Translation. Pas de Calais police regularly perform speed checks to catch those exceeding the speed limit.

[vetran]

Translation. Pas de Calais police regularly perform speed checks to catch those exceeding the speed limit.

As are many other police forces but the evidence suggests they have preyed on foreign especially British drivers for many years.

Try reading the whole article and do some research.

[WTFH]

As are many other police forces but the evidence suggests they have preyed on foreign especially British drivers for many years.

Translation: Police near the border with one country seem to catch people from that country breaking the law, more than they catch people from another country 2000km away.

[vetran]

Translation: Talking Tulip

FTFY

[WTFH]

FTFY

Poor snowflake. Your cancel culture means you want all British law-breakers to have their fines cancelled.

[vetran]

Poor snowflake. Your cancel culture means you want all British law-breakers to have their fines cancelled.

nope just you to use logic. I'm also waiting for hell to freeze over.