Is arrogance not something which goes hand in hand with omniscience?
Which usually is linking a sense of security and familiarity with your environment.
Not sure how secure we really are?
So, therefor I am not sure that many ex -pats are truly arrogant.
I can see you moan a lot, but only the sounding your horn, impatience and illegal parking could be considered arrogant, you shouldn’t be so hard on yourself
Cringe cringe Liz. How embarrassing! Why are there so many who give the rest of us a bad name! :-(
I agree, makes me angry that there are expats out there think they are a law unto themselves..... I know of a couple who drive around in a huge Chrysler 300 thinking that they are above everybody else and I know very well that the car has not been back to the UK for 3 years ever since they bought it... still on UK plates, no CT............................. and certainly no insurance!!!
The point is that it's 'illegally parked' whichever way you look at it and in the event of an accident or incident the insurance companies, not to mention the forces of law and order wont show to much compassion. Yellow lines are there for a reason, usually to indicate a danger etc. Certain areas tolerate stopping like in a 'depose minute' or 'arret minute' zone and that IS diferent..
Chris I totally agree and those people that insist on driving right hand drive cars here why don’t you by a lh one and be a safer driver
Not really relevant but nonetheless, neither Scotland nor Northern Ireland have the same legal system as England and Wales so many things are very different. So, no such thing as British laws as you put it. Nonetheless, whichever and whoever we are, the rules where are are those to which we conform or pay the consequences. It strikes me, and here it is very hard not to appear prejudiced, that many or perhaps most of those British people with the 'big mouths' and little regard for laws elsewhere do appear to have south-eastern accents.
It is not just English rules and laws, the laws are British and Great Britain includes Scotlland, Wales and Northern Ireland. I am pig sick of the English being blamed for everything when sometimes it is these other nations.
Agree with the comment, in fact we have seen some remarkable instances of sheer arrogance by brits not only with regard to driving but in shops, where they barge in demanding products or in one case in a bank demanding to see the obviously very busy bank manager as they could not get their card to work, turns out they had forgotten their pin! Shouting loudly in English to a staff that is trying to be helpful, is not the answer. Taking a few moments of your time to share the time of day with shop assistants is only common courtesy and something we were used to doing at our last home in Wales, so why not here?
In a restaurant locally where we e quietly enjoying a meal surrounding by French and other English guests, three guests entered and without any other conversation stopped a heavily laiden waiter to demand "how long will be have to wait to get a drink?" The waiter replied in good English, that he would be with them in a moment as soon as he had deposited the plates he was carrying. He was then faced with a tirade from the new visitors as to why he could not answer a simple question. The manager came out and asked them to leave which they did complaining loudly all the way - we were horrified, not only us, but our table neighbours announced to all and sundry "Bah" Les Anglaises" in a rather nasty tone. We continued out meal, speaking only French! Why do they feel they can demand service?
Ah Chris, my point is that there is a big difference between parking & siiting in your car in, for examle, a bay reserved for residents where you can move as soon as the rightful user arrives, & parking your car in the middle of a one way street, preventing other traffic from going where it should. I do not fret if I see a car parked on double yellows provided I can still drive past it.
So I fully admit to parking in a spot where it is not allowed, but I was not impeding the flow of traffic. Fellow motorists were not affected by my choice of parking but then I did not park in a road!
There is a big difference.
You yourself admit to parking "illegally. " Pot and kettle comes to mind.
Glen, how did the prefecture know that you had not already changed those items? There is no CT for bikes. If you had a certificate of conformity there would be no need to change anything!
People seem to forget that the EU is made up of autonomous states who still have their own rules, not everything is laid down by the EU! So if the French government decide that you need a certificate of European Conformity then you need a Certificate of European Conformity. The EEC have no say in the matter - yet! It is not a case of France disregarding EU rules, but it is a case of you disregarding French & UK rules, so be careful what you admit to.
Those amounts are either the maximum that could be applied in court, or the maximum you would be forced to pay (forfaitaire) if you buried your head in the sand and ignored all payment reminders.
They are also the amount you have to pay on the spot if you do not have an address in France, to cover the maximum that could be imposed at court.
Otherwise it is 90 / 135 / 375.
The Brits are merely exporting their K behaviour where drivers have absolutely no concern for anyone else, park anywhere without penalty and generally behave badly.
When in France or indeed anywhere civilised they should conform or be heavily fined.
This seems to say that these are maximum for on-the spot fines, but I could be wrong.
Attention : ce tableau indique le montant maximum que peuvent atteindre les amendes forfaitaires. Il ne faut pas le confondre avec le taux majoré des amendes forfaitaires qui est inférieur pour les 5 classes de contraventions.
|
Catégories |
Montant maximum |
|---|---|
|
1ère classe |
38 € |
|
2ème classe |
150 € |
|
3ème classe |
450 € |
|
4ème classe |
750 € |
|
5ème classe |
1 500 € (3 000 € en cas de récidive) |
Isn't that an oxymoron?
Only joking------ perhaps:-)
750 € is the maximum fine imposable by a judge if reported for summons.
Otherwise:
90 € fixed penalty if paid within 3 days.
135 € after 3 days but with 45 days.
375 € after that.
Romain Grosjean is a good French driver.......
4th class fine is actually 750 euros...
Interesting and not surprising 'reply'.
We had an interesting issue when my husband lost his UK licence, he could not be issued with a new one as he is no longer resident in the UK - this from DVLA and despite the fact that the address on the licence is his brothers house. They issued a statement of entitlement to be offered to the French authorities in exchange for a new French licence (which of course he didn't bother to do).
One year later, he has found his licence and needed to rent a car in the UK - panic as obviously his licence was reported stolen. Quick call to the DVLA - don't worry your licence is still valid as we rarely bother to cancel them :-)