French Duffers 2025

[Phmode]

If that is rear facing, I would hate to nod off a little and drift onto the verge. You would be outside the EU by the time the tyres touched down again.

[Matt]

If that is rear facing, I would hate to nod off a little and drift onto the verge. You would be outside the EU by the time the tyres touched down again.

Oh don't worry, those half inch strips of hi vis will keep us safe! 

Does seem a bolder statement than a camera on a pole. But then we see so many assaulted in Europe and comparatively few here.

I forget if they are front or rear for those. Probably rear!

[raesewell]

Yes that looks like it. It was on the ground.

[chriscanning]

Despite close on 50 years of tripping around Europe on a motor cycle never done much through Luxembourg,but google speeding over there and how much Brexit comes into the situation could be  interesting to say the least.

[black-k1]

There is no risk to your UK license. The worst case scenario is that you get a ban in that country and can't ride/drive there for the period of the ban. It's not Switzerland so you'd have to be going at significant speed to attract a ban.

The fine may or may not be forwarded to your UK address. The DVLA are happy to share the details of UK registered vehicles if the local authorities can be bothered to ask, and then be bothered forward the fine to you in the UK.

However, the way to look at it is, if you were offered, for a charge equal to the value of the fine, to be able to ride the road at the speed you did, would you accept that charge? If the answer is yes, and I think for most of us on here it would likely be yes, then that's what you're paying.

[Matt]

There is no risk to your UK license. The worst case scenario is that you get a ban in that country and can't ride/drive there for the period of the ban. It's not Switzerland so you'd have to be going at significant speed to attract a ban.

The fine may or may not be forwarded to your UK address. The DVLA are happy to share the details of UK registered vehicles if the local authorities can be bothered to ask, and then be bothered forward the fine to you in the UK.

However, the way to look at it is, if you were offered, for a charge equal to the value of the fine, to be able to ride the road at the speed you did, would you accept that charge? If the answer is yes, and I think for most of us on here it would likely be yes, then that's what you're paying.

Concur. Can you remind me of this in September though please .

[Phmode]

And the same is mostly true of Wales, Scotland and even little England. It is easy to be blasé but having had a clean licence for about 4 years now (which is unusual for me) it seems that one has to be a bit of a pillock to attract much attention from the law in the form of police occifers in these sceptered isles.

Speed cameras and vans can mostly be neatly side-stepped with the help of modern technology (as long as you pay attention to what it is telling you) and the rest comes down to common sense.

Richard and I spent a sweltering day blasting over to Aberystwyth on Wednesday for fish and chips and an ice cream lunch. There was almost no traffic, one very brightly decorated Skoda Superb in full dress Battenberg heading home for tea and medals and no traffic cameras anywhere to be seen...time will tell if there were any we didn't see!

The bit from Worcester as far as Rhayader is fast and flowing and that's how we rode it and the bit from there on over the mountain to Cwmystwyth is twisty and challenging and apart from dying, you really wouldn't get the attention of the law on that stretch.

Mid-week mid-Wales is an excellent place to wear away your tyres and I doubt much of mainland Europe is any different. Stay off the major roads or stay off the throttle on them, do your homework and stay alert. 'Think like a copper' is how my driving instructor taught me to drive fast and survive and so far, mostly so good 😊