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fudge:
Driving nicely back to Calais I have never seen so many French Highway Police in my life, if you are heading north from Paris be carefull, the Police "Hide" in the tree's about 3 miles south of the Toll just north of St. Omer and then pull you at the toll booth, there were 4 british cars in there when we came through, the speedlimit is 130kph, your obviously safe at a "bit" over that but they "plod" wear a blue uniform

Happy Holidays!

Lord Shagg-Pyle:

--- Quote from: "fudge" ---Driving nicely back to Calais I have never seen so many French Highway Police in my life, if you are heading north from Paris be carefull, the Police "Hide" in the tree's about 3 miles south of the Toll just north of St. Omer and then pull you at the toll booth, there were 4 british cars in there when we came through, the speedlimit is 130kph, your obviously safe at a "bit" over that ;-) but they "plod" wear a blue uniform that is almost camoflaged at 140 / 150kph!

Happy Holidays!

* I do not condone the use of excessive speed unless you spent too long at Disneyland trying to get Minnies signature for your 5 yr old for the eighth time and lose track of time then realise you have 2 hours to cover 185 miles or face the long arm of French Eurotunnel staff.... anyway the Poles and Dutch left us for dead!
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The French don't play by the rules like we do. I have noticed that the Plod on the other side of the Channel do tend to pick on cars with the GB plate on the back.
I have heard that the latest thing is that they will give on the spot fines for minor infringments like not carrying spare bulb sets, flourescent jackets, etc etc, so make sure you are fully stocked up with all necessary equipment.

Bon Voyage, and for Pete's sake don't say things to the French like

1) You look slightly German.
2) The Maginot Line was a real winner, wasn't it?
3) Throw another Joan of Arc on the barbeque will you?
4) Didn't Calais used to belong to Britain?

 or mention any of the following words. Agincourt, Crecy or Waterloo. They might get a tad upset.

Thrasher:
...and what ever you do - DO NOT MENTION THE FRENCH NAVAL FLEET ;)

Thrasher:
LSP .. one question - I can't get a spare bulb kit for Bagheera - so what would they do?

rollazuki:
Yes, I noticed em on the way back from disney. Fortunately, we were hovering around the speed limit at the time and we were left alone. probably doing 85-90 ish at the time.
Bulb kit is easy , just get any old bulb kit, what they gonna do, take em all out the car and check......
Just make sure you dont have a radar detector cos they DO NOT like those.

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