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Post by nickfr on May 26, 2009 10:08:05 GMT
why do people when they go to an other country they drive much faster than they would at home , Had an Irish bloke out here last month with the car packed with family and bags , he was doing 160km on a 110km road
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Post by drotchen on May 26, 2009 10:43:17 GMT
why do people when they go to an other country they drive much faster than they would at home , Had an Irish bloke out here last month with the car packed with family and bags , he was doing 160km on a 110km road Wots that in proper speed? |
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Post by nickfr on May 26, 2009 10:46:56 GMT
dont know any more but when some people see speed limet of 110 on the french roads they must think it is 110mph
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Post by drotchen on May 26, 2009 13:09:44 GMT
dont know any more but when some people see speed limet of 110 on the french roads they must think it is 110mph You mean to say it isn't?  |
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Post by 4wd on May 26, 2009 14:55:42 GMT
Wasn't Paudy intending to speed tour France ?  |
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Post by nickfr on May 26, 2009 15:22:29 GMT
god i hope not for his sake as if he gets stoped the flick can take the licence of him and when he goes home he will have to take a licence course form the start again
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Post by rmarkv on May 26, 2009 19:57:39 GMT
Wots that in proper speed? Simple but stupid comment 100km is roughly 62 miles an hour |
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Post by nickfr on May 26, 2009 21:11:08 GMT
well it was a tuesday and i the flick are on our road every tuesday clocking for speed , so he will have a big problim when he got home , but why is it that when people get out off there own country they think there is no law or think they can go home and think they are safe , its a law that came out 5years ago to stop germans driven across france in one day to go to spain and a new law that came out last year was to do with speed cam if a car form other eu countrys and switzerland will be get there fines in the post
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Post by drotchen on May 26, 2009 23:14:34 GMT
well it was a tuesday and i the flick are on our road every tuesday clocking for speed , so he will have a big problim when he got home , but why is it that when people get out off there own country they think there is no law or think they can go home and think they are safe , its a law that came out 5years ago to stop germans driven across france in one day to go to spain and a new law that came out last year was to do with speed cam[glow=red,2,300] if a car form other eu countrys and switzerland will be get there fines in the post [/glow] That's not fair. |
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Post by nickfr on May 27, 2009 9:04:43 GMT
is driven fast and killing someone is not fair , if you bring your car to france overloaded it will be weighted the extra taken off on the side off the road and you run the risk of being charged with being in charge of a letal wepon , same goes for tyre presser
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Post by 4wd on May 27, 2009 9:17:53 GMT
I was last in France about 8 years ago, things seemed quite relaxed regarding speeding within reason - well similar to here in that on main roads most traffic would maintain 70mph or so if nothing slower holding it up.
Only briefly went on the toll autoroutes and that seemed faster than the UK, mainly since it was not so busy I thought.
Always remember coming back home through Belgium one weekend - took the motorway which circles Brussells like the M25 here.
Mostly 4 or more lanes and all doing well over 100mph.
Going at the speed limit actually felt dangerous!
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Post by mayo on May 27, 2009 9:36:12 GMT
If I was going to speed, I'd rather do it in France, where the roads are better and there is less traffic. Driving on the continent is WAY safer.
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Post by drotchen on May 27, 2009 9:38:24 GMT
is driven fast and killing someone is not fair , if you bring your car to france overloaded it will be weighted the extra taken off on the side off the road and you run the risk of being charged with being in charge of a letal wepon , same goes for tyre presser Lot's of "if" there. If Aunty had balls she'd be uncle. I've been in an aeroplane. If speed killed then surely that mode of transport would be banned. Speed doesn't kill, its the way some people use speed that kills, or to be more precise, the sudden stop. |
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Post by nickfr on May 27, 2009 10:07:45 GMT
a go away or that ,there is just one if the (if you bring your overloaded car)people do the flick do stop and take of the extra weight gvie you a fine
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Post by geoff on May 28, 2009 17:24:46 GMT
I don't see what the problem is with driving at high speed....as long as the road is able to cope with that speed.
if you are on a crowded motorway,then 70 mph is a safe speed or sometimes to fast....if you are on an empty motorway then I can see no problem with driving at 100 mph or more..why can we not have variable speed limits?it would make a lot more sense
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