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We have been informed that drivers in Britain
could receive points for offences including speeding and even
illegal parking committed in France
These points would count towards the 12 points which bring a
driving ban in this country.
The threat affects the 12 million Britons who travel across the
Channel on business or for holidays every year.
The French aim to have a deal with the British Government in
place within just a few months to catch out the summer tourists.
We feel that it will make British drivers an easy target for
French police who are entitled under French law to march you
to
a cash machine and take your money before letting you go...
It is unclear at this stage if the revenue from the French
fines will be shared with the British Government but I could
take a guess, as I am sure you could!
British motorists in France are ALREADY treated more harshly
than French drivers in this country
...we face £60 "on-the-spot" fines for minor offences while
French drivers who commit similar 'offences' here go home
without penalty.
Under the plan, Brits committing offences in France would
be punished TWICE, with penalty points here added to fines
paid
in France.
French police would win the right to pass our details to the
DVLA, who would then send penalty notices to us -- presumably
with ANOTHER fine.
Both the AA and the Association of British Drivers agreed with
our view that this latest "scam" would make British drivers
an
easy target for French police.
'It is yet another example of bureaucrats hammering drivers
for
no good reason. It will accelerate the chances of UK drivers
losing their licence under the totting up system.'
The Home Office told us: 'There is already a law that
provides
the basis for reciprocal arrangements for dealing with driving
disqualifications'
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