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Originally Posted by hetismij2
(Post 17408840)
SCDreamer Was it raining when you got your fine? The 80/90 speed limit goes down to 70 in rain in France, just as the 130 goes down to 110 on motorways and 100 on dual carriageways in rain.
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Originally Posted by scdreamer
(Post 17408866)
Nope - not raining. It was just a pretty average stretch of roadway that was like the ones that were usually 80kph. The thing about the signs that let you know cameras will be in use is that there are often no speed limit signs for a few kilometers after those signs.
Speed limits on Departmental roads is going to be confusing some have reversed the raised the lower upper limits back to 90KPH whilst others are sticking to the 80KPH. https://www.connexionfrance.com/arti...42-departments Information on line like this in Wiki can be incorrect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_in_France Here is a link in French where it is written that they want a return to 90KPH https://www.liguedesconducteurs.org/...sses-a-90-km-h |
Thanks for the replies and suggestions.
This morning, once I got to the office and had the use of my scanner, I sent emails to Autoeurop and Europcar, with the notice of violation and the return statement attached. I filed an appeal online with the French agency that issued the violation, explaining that I was not the driver at the time, attaching the statement of return from Europcar and the pages from my passport showing my exit from France on May 29. I will let you know what happens. |
Guessing that now you've been proactive, things will turn out fine.
Bon chance. I am done. the car |
I received a letter from Avis/Budget a couple of weeks ago informing me that they had forwarded my coordinates to the authorities for an infraction, but they made a point of saying that they were not charging me an administrative fee (first time is free?), which was a surprise. I usually rent from Europcar and have had speeding fines perhaps 3 times in the last 10 years or so. Twice they charged their 25€ fee and once they didn't. I have not received the new fine yet.
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Update: I received an email from the rental car company confirming the mistake, and requesting that I file an appeal designating the rental car company as the driver, saying that then they would be able to designate the correct driver. I did as requested, but having already filed an appeal, I hope this doesn't screw things up.
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And I have still not received my purported fine.... so I'm pretty sure that I won't now.
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Originally Posted by twk
(Post 17413012)
Update: . . . requesting that I file an appeal designating the rental car company as the driver, saying that then they would be able to designate the correct driver.
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