VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
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I'm off to Disneyland Paris for a few days next week. Just wondered if there is a lot of police/cameras on the run into Paris?
I'm told that the toll roads are decent and quiet and the weather looks alright, so i'm hoping to bomb along at a decent pace.
Is it ok to cruise at 90 and (hopefully) avoid on the spot fines? Do the police just sit on the roadside?
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VrsTurbo
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cameras you don't need to worry about its the police hiding you need to be careful of, you won't see them.
I got done on a toll road on the way down to lemans doing silly speed and i got a hefty fine
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ed
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The speed limit's 80 - just do that. The police hide behind bushes and their speed cameras are disguised. Getting a fine kind of ruins a holiday 
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RichR
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80 in the dry, speed limit is variable in France depending on the weather conditions. I got done in Switzerland last year - don't dare drive back through next week in case I get sentenced to the death penalty...
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pow
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81/82 in the dry, 70 in the wet. They hide like sneaky fuckers so just set the cruise at just under 85 if it isn't raining.
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VrsTurbo
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You do get a nice ticket if you get caught though... Was doing silly speed for France on a stupidly long straight motorway
Was a 130 limit = 80mph
High Speed of 180Kmph = 111mph
Average of 171kmph = 106mph
[Edited on 12-02-2015 by VrsTurbo]
[Edited on 12-02-2015 by VrsTurbo]
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Kev_GSI
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stick to the speed limits and no issues 
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alan-g-w
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pow
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I got caught doing a ton in mph and they just fined me on the spot, no receipt 
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
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They so pocket those
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AK
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so far (touch wood) I havent been caught in France, and done a fair bit of driving.
Been flashed in a UK reg'd car - nothing ever comes of it.
Fee got stopped boming along a B road equivilent in an Evoque (UK reg'd, left hand drive).... really confused them. Pretended she didnt speak French and got away with a bit of pointing and warning.
Some great roads.... but the police are out and about. Get some good races out of the Toll Gates on the autoroutes. Driving a Bentley GT and was side by side with an R8. Would have been rude not to
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pow
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I always think those tool booths are like starting a Mario kart race!
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