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Quote: Originally posted by SGThomas on 16/3/2018

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Additionally they did check that the satnav alerts for speed cameras was turned off.

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Quote: Originally posted by SGThomas on 16/3/2018

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We were asked, very politely if we knew that anything that alerted to speed cameras was illegal ín France. We demonstrated that our satnav had been disabled.

It was very remiss of us not to shriek about violation of Human Rights, but those wiley gendarmes used a subterfuge of good manners and politeness .

Damn cunning these froggy chaps.

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Quote: Originally posted by Nicepix on 19/3/2018

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Quote: Originally posted by SGThomas on 16/3/2018

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We were asked, very politely if we knew that anything that alerted to speed cameras was illegal ín France. We demonstrated that our satnav had been disabled.

It was very remiss of us not to shriek about violation of Human Rights, but those wiley gendarmes used a subterfuge of good manners and politeness .

Damn cunning these froggy chaps.

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When I was stopped for a random breath test the Gendarme simply thrust an Alcolyser through the van window and said: "Alcool" and after I'd blown into it he yanked it back and said "Parfait". That was it. No formal caution, no warning that I would be arrested for failing to provide and no questions about whether I had smoked or used mouthwash, etc, etc. He didn't even check the vehicle out or ask for any ID. Two words and less than a minute!

Bearing in mind in the UK I wouldn't have been allowed to demand a random breath test but if I did stop someone it would involve at least ten minutes and a whole load of routine paperwork and checks at the scene and later at the station.

They say that the French love bureaucracy, but that experience doesn't bear it out.

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