Brandie Tarvin (7/27/2015)
TomThomson (7/26/2015)
Grant Fritchey (7/26/2015)
Managed to get a fully-loaded station wagon (four people plus bags) all the way up to 120MPH (195KPH) on the Autobahn.Don't get caught at that one in France unless (a) one of the other people in the car can drive and (b) you've got enough cash to pay the fine.
According to what I heard on Top Gear a while back, the French police can charge you whatever they want for a fine. And they usually ask for all the money in your wallet. So apparently you don't want to speed with too much money or you'll lose it all.
If you don't have enough money in your wallet they will take you to an ATM for you to acquire some.
The temporary disqualification thing can cost far more than the fine: you will need to pay for parking until you are heading home, pay for transport in the meantime, pay someone to drive your car from where the police parked it to where it needs to go - perhaps to your ferry or to the border or to the car hire return place, and pay for the driver's taxi-ride back to where he started from. I know this can be very expensive because my yougest son got stuck with it a couple of years back when he did silly speeds in France - I think he's now got the message that speeds high enough to incline the cops to go really hard on you are definitely silly.
Tom