Speeding fine in France for Irish registered car

dbs103

Hi all.

Just back from driving through a bit of France. I think I got snapped by two speed cameras over the two weeks.

I was in an Irish registered car. I know some EU wide directive came out a couple of years back to deal with things like this.

Just wondering if this has happened to anyone else and if the French police bothered sending a fine. If so, how long till it was received and did you pay it?

Wouldn't mind, but when I checked my speed after the camera flashed I was only 7 or 8 kph above.

Cheers.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Wait for it to arrive and then bin it...unless you go back to france regularly?

dbs103

Often drive through if we're going to Spain or up towards the Netherlands.

Comhrá

If it arrives, pay it and be done with it. You'll have it forgotten in a month.

Leave it unpaid and you just might be unlucky to be pulled over in the future if driving in France with possible repercussions.

homingbird

Well it wont come registered post so you can claim you never got it so forget it.

marieholmfan

https://www.antai.gouv.fr/?lang=en
If it ever arrives (which it won't)

Del2005

homingbird wrote: »

Well it wont come registered post so you can claim you never got it so forget it.

Does French law except that as an excuse? The OP regularly drives through France so there's a chance they could be stopped again and since the French Police will bring you to an ATM to pay traffic fines I can see them taking the OP somewhere for having an outstanding traffic fine.

TomOnBoard

dbs103 wrote: »

Hi all.

Just back from driving through a bit of France. I think I got snapped by two speed cameras over the two weeks.

I was in an Irish registered car. I know some EU wide directive came out a couple of years back to deal with things like this.

Just wondering if this has happened to anyone else and if the French police bothered sending a fine. If so, how long till it was received and did you pay it?

Wouldn't mind, but when I checked my speed after the camera flashed I was only 7 or 8 kph above.

Cheers.

They don't process Irish cars from automatic cameras AFAIK.

If you're caught by a Gendarme that's a different story.

spaceHopper

Just back from France, got nailed doing 117 in 110 zone, 45 euro fine. Do I pay it or go on the run. I hope points don't follow

al2009

If they are anything like the Spanish, it gets passed to a debt collection agency who will send on the fine, best to pay it and forget about it.

Tommiekly84

Got one myself today. I'll pay it I think

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120755396#Comment_120755396

No points.

grogi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/107409970#Comment_107409970

Yes. That always works. /s

Seve OB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120862160#Comment_120862160

They must have sent out a batch 😊

97 in a 90 zone, but they will call it 92 in case of anomalies

probably best to pay it based on the fact I’ll probably go there again in the future…….. might give it a week or 2 though first to see if any more arrive

blackwhite

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120862639#Comment_120862639

Once was travelling through CDG with a colleague who was taken aside at passport control over unpaid speeding fines. Took 90 min or so to get resolved and he had to pay them before being released to avoid being arrested. From memory, he had to pay something like 3 times the original fines.

He said it was "a couple" so not sure exactly how many were O/S to trigger being on the passport watchlist!

cpoh1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120863161#Comment_120863161

Wow, so they managed to link the car registration name to a passport ID. New one for me.

Tommiekly84

I think I got 4 flashes over the 2 weeks going just over 80kph. 86 in an 80 fairly harsh. I'll just pay I think as I'll be back next year and do t need the hassle

chrisd2019

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120864236#Comment_120864236

Why not bring a car with a different registration next time ?

blackwhite

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120863365#Comment_120863365

We both would have been in France 1-2 times every month over a 5 year period, and usually every second trip involved a rental car and travelling to sites around France. I’d suspect he had an accumulation of unpaid fines that put him on someone’s radar somewhere.

Drivers license is recorded when you make a rental, so if so inclined name, nationality and DOB could be obtained and be flagged into various systems

peter4918

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120862639#Comment_120862639

how long did it take for the ticket to come?

For Forks Sake

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120864331#Comment_120864331

Or go one step further

Seve OB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120864503#Comment_120864503

Came today

dated 4th July

offence 28th june

Tommiekly84

Got another one today dated the 25th july

Seve OB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120866205#Comment_120866205

sh1te

but i assume you mean 25th june?

what was date of your first one?

Tommiekly84

Correct

dohouch

I got a registered letter from Spain, €10 fine!

Offence, my rental did not have a log book , car reg certificate, fault of car hire company.

Anyway I paid it. Don't want hassle down the road.

josip

Has anyone ever gotten a fine in the post from the Austrians? Either a speeding fine or vignette fine?

Asking for a friend :)

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120867087#Comment_120867087

That's very strange, particularly as the car hire company must have provided your contact details to the authorities to allow them to send the fine to you.

pat_sconce

Virtually impossible to avoid the European fines (same with non Irish drivers here unable to avoid Irish fines)

It all changed about 5 years ago but in reality it only came into force in 2020, but with COVID restrictions very few people were travelling.

Be especially wary of Spain where the fines are very substantial and increase with the speed.

StudentDad

Great to see :) If people come over here from another part of the EU and we fine them, only right and proper that if we go somewhere else in the Union and flout the law that those penalties follow us home.

John G

Got one myself as well. 88 in an 80. Fingers crossed it's the only one!