I like the toll roads in France as they are generally quiet and I used
to cruise along them in the 150 to 160km/h BUT not now, cameras are
everywhere and they are quite strict - to my mind its clearly a money
raising scheme.
While Brussels may not be in direct control of the legislation I am
fairly sure that there is some indirect influence and of course there is
the inter country cooperation which was not there in the past, i.e.
speeding in France with a UK license and you may get points added to
your UK license.
BTW with regard to my comments on Eurocrats I was replying to JH's
comment - So not referring to Switzerland
"I've read that the UK government is proposing to introduce a 60mph
speed limit on large stretches of British motorways ..... at the behest
of the European parliament in an attempt to control air polution ! jh"
But I admit I didn't verify his information.
Cheers
IanW
On 17/01/14 21:58, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Firstly, speed limits are not the competence of Brussels but of the national
> governments. This is what it makes it possible for Germany to have no speed
> limit on the Autobahn in the western part of the country (in the former DDR
> it is generally 130 km/h), while, say, the UK plods along at 70 mph/110 km/h.
> Most countries are in the 120/130 range (120 here in Spain, 130 in France).
> My standard cruising speed in Spain is around 150-160 km/h. Speed cameras are
> announced in advance so you just slow down when you approach one, and there
> are not that many. I think that driving in Spain and France is very
> pleasurable. Switzerland is tough, lots of stretches with 100 km/h and lots
> of speed cameras, and high fines. But Eurocrats have nothing to do with,
> Switzerland is not even member of the EU.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> On Jan 17, 2014, at 9:37 PM, SwissPace wrote:
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>> Hmmm its getting difficult to drive anywhere in Europe and in France is
>> almost impossible now to not get flashed. At least here there is no
>> points system so you can have many "just a bit overs."
>>
>> Please take me back to the days of traffic police where they assessed if
>> you were driving dangerously for the conditions.
>>
>> and to reply to JH, Here (Switzerland) they can reduce the limits if
>> pollution is high but they are limited in the number of days they can do
>> so. The problem with Eurocrats is they have to make changes to be seen
>> to be doing things and that means a lot of cr@p for the general
>> population and it will only get worse.
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>> On 17/01/14 21:08, Frank Wijsmuller wrote:
>>> You still want to drive through our country? ;-)
>>>
>>> Best, Frank
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