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Post by pcpa on Mar 8, 2023 21:35:04 GMT 1
The Gendarmes used the car park of the hôtel during my absence with my permission, to pull over vehicles as they often do for speeders, this time it was a general vehicle and document check. When its for speeding once or twice a vehicle often a mobylette is so dangerous that they impound it awaiting collection by the fourrière.
Of the 40 vehicles that they pulled over last Saturday afternoon/evening how many do you think were being driven illegally? I'm not talking about a bald tyre or dodgy tail light but by someone off their face on drink or drugs or without a driving license, banned etc, how many do you think?
The answer was 8, thats 20%  
6 were drink drivers one of which was a repeat offender, one driving without a license and one driving whilst banned.
5 of them had their permis withdrawn on the spot which means that one drunk driver was not completely trolleyed but the others were, they cant take away someones license that doesn't have one!!!
A shocking statistic which surprised even me.
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Post by glazedallover on Mar 8, 2023 22:25:08 GMT 1
Thank you for providing the answer so quickly. Now we can all ignore this.
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Post by lurcher on Mar 8, 2023 22:33:06 GMT 1
I thought it would be rather less, say 4 out of the 40. The gendarmes must know the best time to set up their operation.
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Post by tim17 on Mar 8, 2023 22:37:49 GMT 1
One of the worst examples of dangerous cars I've seen here was a guy in a beaten up Renault with no rear windscreen picking his kids up from school one Saturday morning. Mind you the same school allowed a travelling circus to park a trailer outside the front gates with a tiger inside pacing up and down all week to drum up business.
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Post by glazedallover on Mar 9, 2023 1:19:11 GMT 1
What proportion of vehicles are being driven illegally by Tim 17...glazedallover...we need to know.
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Post by tim17 on Mar 9, 2023 7:34:12 GMT 1
What proportion of vehicles are being driven illegally by Tim 17...glazedallover...we need to know. Despite the disinterest GAO the standard of vehicle maintenance here is shocking and could well contribute to the relatively high number of road deaths in France. |
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Post by cernunnos on Mar 9, 2023 7:55:53 GMT 1
Our neighbour drives a 4x4 that has failed it's CT three times , he lately had a tow bar put on it so he could tow his trailer ! He is not from " around here"  rufl |
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Post by spectrum on Mar 9, 2023 8:05:54 GMT 1
Pity this didn't include Brits who live here and drive on UK plates, some of them have lived here years.  |
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Post by cernunnos on Mar 9, 2023 8:18:39 GMT 1
Pity this didn't include Brits who live here and drive on UK plates, some of them have lived here years. My neighbour changed his registration , now he can't sell the car here nor there! |
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Post by mysty on Mar 9, 2023 8:40:36 GMT 1
Pity this didn't include Brits who live here and drive on UK plates, some of them have lived here years. My neighbour changed his registration , now he can't sell the car here nor there! Of course he can sell his or her car. There is no law that says you cannot sell a car. |
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Post by tim17 on Mar 9, 2023 9:32:41 GMT 1
Pity this didn't include Brits who live here and drive on UK plates, some of them have lived here years. My neighbour changed his registration , now he can't sell the car here nor there! We didn't have a problem selling our re-reg'd RHD car and someone wants my RHD van (again re'reg'd). |
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Post by Aardvark on Mar 9, 2023 10:29:43 GMT 1
The last two vehicles I sold were French registered RHD. The scrapyard didn't hesitate.
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Post by pcpa on Mar 9, 2023 12:33:39 GMT 1
Of course he can sell his or her car. How does he go about selling her car? Wait until she visits family in the UK? |
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Post by mysty on Mar 9, 2023 13:36:14 GMT 1
Of course he can sell his or her car. How does he go about selling her car? Wait until she visits family in the UK? You place an ad on LBC or similar or contact a garage looking to buy cars or pop it on the back of a trailer and take it back to the UK. You do not need a CT to sell a car to a garage or a pro |
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Post by mysty on Mar 9, 2023 13:37:23 GMT 1
The Gendarmes used the car park of the hôtel during my absence with my permission, to pull over vehicles as they often do for speeders, this time it was a general vehicle and document check. When its for speeding once or twice a vehicle often a mobylette is so dangerous that they impound it awaiting collection by the fourrière.
Of the 40 vehicles that they pulled over last Saturday afternoon/evening how many do you think were being driven illegally? I'm not talking about a bald tyre or dodgy tail light but by someone off their face on drink or drugs or without a driving license, banned etc, how many do you think?
The answer was 8, thats 20%
6 were drink drivers one of which was a repeat offender, one driving without a license and one driving whilst banned.
5 of them had their permis withdrawn on the spot which means that one drunk driver was not completely trolleyed but the others were, they cant take away someones license that doesn't have one!!!
A shocking statistic which surprised even me.
Im suprised they shared the information with you. |
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