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[DaGaffer]

They took their licenses, they didn't take the cars. As far as I know les flics have the power to impose a massive fine (750 € for the first offense I think), take the driver's license or take the car as they were over 50km/h over the limit. There are *many* stories of people being left outside their locked cars by the roadside with no keys or licenses. The police are more lenient towards single wimmins and groups with children apparently but otherwise, you can be royally shafted if you're caught going over 50km/h over the limit. A *lot* of speeding offences over here (I saw 50% somewhere) are from smelly foreigners using France as a portal to get to Germany/Italy/Spain/wherever and the police have really been trying to clamp down on it.

A (little known) new bill was passed in May that lets them find your UK address from your number plate if you're caught on a speed camera, they can now send you a fine in England.

I also wouldn't be surprised if the police over here have seen (or heard of) the Top Gear folks blitzing through France in their previous challenges/races and were quietly delighted at the opportunity to fuck them over a bit.

Edit for linkage:

So if you're left by the side of the motorway with your car but no licence or keys, what are you supposed to do? Seems like a fairly stupid and unsafe thing for the cops to do.

As for the points on your UK licence, I was under the impression that had been the case for ages. One of the reasons I kept my UK licence for so long in Ireland was that it was one of the only EU countries that didn't have the systems in place to do cross-border points, although it worked the other way around (if I got caught speeding with an Irish licence in the UK I'd get the points).

 

[TdC]

So if you're left by the side of the motorway with your car but no licence or keys, what are you supposed to do? Seems like a fairly stupid and unsafe thing for the cops to do

as stupid and unsafe as being well in excess of a published speed limit? tbh I'd guess that they'd suck cock for a ride in to town, and while downing the protine shakes reflect on being idiots.

edit: also, in civilized countries there are motorway services and towns every couple dozen miles. a brisk walk will see them right.

 

[DaGaffer]

as stupid and unsafe as being well in excess of a published speed limit? tbh I'd guess that they'd suck cock for a ride in to town, and while downing the protine shakes reflect on being idiots.

edit: also, in civilized countries there are motorway services and towns every couple dozen miles. a brisk walk will see them right.

The police in every sane country on the planet would tell you never to walk on the hard shoulder of the motorway. Yes, leaving cars (and people) on the hard shoulder is more stupid and more unsafe than the original offence.

 

[TdC]

sure. in several sane countries on the planet those two clowns would also actually get a nice safe ride to jail. I don't particularly feel I am capable of judging one offence against another so I shan't. What I am capable of is noting that the TG guys were speeding, got fined and then whined about it. Fuck 'em tbh.

 

[Raven]

They should give them a ride into some backwater town, granted.

 

[DaGaffer]

sure. in several sane countries on the planet those two clowns would also actually get a nice safe ride to jail. I don't particularly feel I am capable of judging one offence against another so I shan't. What I am capable of is noting that the TG guys were speeding, got fined and then whined about it. Fuck 'em tbh.

Actually, they didn't whine about getting done for speeding at all. They whined (rightly) about the process after they were caught speeding because it is unsafe, and to a certain extent unaccountable (I think on-the-spot fines are always a bad idea). You'd actually be quite surprised about how circumspect car journalists are about speeding; I've known a lot of car journos over the last 20 years and very, very few of them have points on their licence because their licence is their livelihood, and Clarkson is no different; you won't normally see him tearing about on public roads with his hair on fire. Don't confuse the PR with reality.

 

[TdC]

meh, I'm very much in the "they could have easilly saved themselves all kinds of bother" camp. I'm certain Clarky and Hamster don't speed everywhere, but when they do, they do. While I'd like to say the cops don't pull you over unless you're being a dick (I won't go that far) the fact remains that the TG guys were speeding to the extent that their licenses were impounded. Last fine I ever personally experienced was in Norway: we got fined about 400 euros for being 13kph over the limit. The cop explained that 2 more km's and we'd have been fucked like proper fucked. Since I don't have a production film crew handy to save my bacon whenever I decide to be an idiot, you understand I don't really give a shit about Clark whining about anything

 

[soze]

sure. in several sane countries on the planet those two clowns would also actually get a nice safe ride to jail. I don't particularly feel I am capable of judging one offence against another so I shan't. What I am capable of is noting that the TG guys were speeding, got fined and then whined about it. Fuck 'em tbh.

In England they drop you at the next service station. People walking down the side of the road can cause an accident with people rubber necking to see what's going on. Having been in a car that was taken away for no Tax or Insurance on the M25 we stood with the cop car behind us with its flashing lights until a tow truck showed up. When the car went we were taken to the services and told we had to make our own way from there. It is for the safety of everyone else.

 

[Billargh]

Can someone explain what you lot are on about? All I've got from it is Clarkson and co were speeding and French police are silly.

Also there's a Top Gear episode I haven't seen?! What is this?

 

[Raven]

Xmas DVD or something...as far as I can ascertain.

 

[Billargh]

Ejaculate - a Yorkshire term highlighting Jack's tardiness.

 

[Job]

The French are twats to UK drivers..fullstop.
They are the most insular, unhelpful, offhand fuckers on the planet..they are so good at it, I'm not even mad.

The amount of times French officials have gone out of their way to fuck up our day in France as soon as they find out you are English
Driving to Val Disere once, we all got held up at a toll station, French officials went around the English cars, ( you could see them checking the number plates) and told us there was a landslide and we needed to take a mountain bypass, so around a100 UK cars set off, 30 miles down the road it was blocked and had been for weeks.
We drove all the way back to the booth and we practically a mob, they were waiting for us with about 20 Gendarme vehicles.
There was a bit of shouting and the guns came out, they are utter cunts.

 

[Aoami]

Last time I (my mate was driving actually) drove through France, I arrived in Bruges at 5pm when planning to get there for 1pm. Because instead of closing 1 lane of the motorway to repair it, they closed the entire fucking thing for about 3 junctions and routed everyone through a single carriageway road through the countryside.

FUCKING FROGS M8.

 

[TdC]

had the same thing in germany once too though. drove through D and DK to get to Sweden; hit up a major reroute half way though krautland. left the NL at 7:30 am, arrived Malmo 23:30

 

[CorNokZ]

Why didn't you fly? I guarantee it'd been cheaper

 

[Scouse]

• exceeding the speed limit by over 40 km/h
• repeated offence of driving under the influence of alcohol (0.40 mg per litre of breath)

Seems to me that a little harmless speeding is more important than driving under the influence....

a car that was taken away for no Tax or Insurance on the M25

Much worse than exceeding the speed limit tbfh.

 

[TdC]

Why didn't you fly? I guarantee it'd been cheaper

because there were 5 other people and 12 huskies with me?

 

[TdC]

http://www.sadanduseless.com/image.php?n=2590

@Deebs is the dude on the couch

 

[georgie]

http://www.sadanduseless.com/image.php?n=2590

@Deebs is the dude on the couch

That site is cool.

I'm sure I recognise the guy third down on the left though.

Anywho...

Made me giggle
http://www.sadanduseless.com/image.php?n=2595

Looks familiar
http://www.sadanduseless.com/image.php?n=2321

lol
http://www.sadanduseless.com/image.php?n=2351

 

[Nate]

Mother fucking face yoga!


View: http://youtu.be/b5-tb13h2uA

 

[old.Tohtori]

Would help the cause if her face was firm and younger looking

 

[Madmaxx]

 

[Marc]

Why didn't you fly? I guarantee it'd been cheaper

Mate, is that really "your mate and mine" Jimmythepost in our facebook group haha. hes even wearing a T Shirt saying "the man, the myth, the legend.

 

[Raven]

Out of respect I always tried to kill him with my short bow. Always some ADHD clothie about to ruin it though.

 

[Madmaxx]

 

[Nate]

my nose is itchy!

 

[Fweddy]

Think I'll be out with the camera tonight, just in case.

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jan/09/northern-lights-visible-across-uk-england

 

[CorNokZ]

Mate, is that really "your mate and mine" Jimmythepost in our facebook group haha. hes even wearing a T Shirt saying "the man, the myth, the legend.

Ahahaha!! Didnt see that! Such a Classic!

 

[Gwadien]

Guild on the naughty servers on DAOC called Hib Hib Hurrah, small things, small minds.

Love it.

 

[Raven]

Stop living in 2005 you noob. O.M.G Judgement!