Sat Nav in France
Having put to bed the 'breathalysers in France' thread, can I draw your attention to another posting on the CC website concerning satnav in France
If I understand this, it say is is now illegal to use a sat nav which shows positions of fixed speed cameras, with quite severe penalties.
It suggests the facility should be disabled or not used. Not sure (yet) how this can be done on the built-in unit I have - perhaps just use for route guidance and don't show the map, but you may wish to have a look:
www.caravanclub.co.uk/news - you do not have to be a member to see this part of the site.
Personnally I wouldn't worry about this,it won't be easy to police this,unless you are caught speeding.Best thing is to stick to the speed limits.
I won't be modifying my sat nav.
Personnally I wouldn't worry about this,it won't be easy to police this,unless you are caught speeding.Best thing is to stick to the speed limits.
I won't be modifying my sat nav.
I am not sure that is a very sensible decision. You would then be, knowingly, going to a foreign country prepared to disobey their laws. I am not sure you would be sympathetically dealt with by the police if you suggested to them that you did not know it was the law? The likes of TomTom are no longer providing updates on camera locations so in time they will be not much use but you still risk being fined.
David
Not only are Tomtom not providing updates for French speed cameras, but when you update your system, it actually removes all the French cameras automatically.
Steve W
The French don't even bother to check if you have a GB sticker or not (against the law) when disembarking from the ferry,so what chance is there you will charged you unless you are stopped for speeding.
There are so many daft and obscure laws in all countries I bet it will be very difficult for anyone to leave their house and go about their usual occaisons without breaking one of them.
My French road atlas shows speed camera locations. Will I have to scribble them out ?
Also Michelin route planer gives speed camera locations
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New Garmin units sold in france, will not have speed camera's, but instead will have "danger zones" which apparently is legal.
My tom tom also has this "danger zone" function which i got from tomtomheaven. do not know if Tom tom themselves will follow suit, but Garmin france seems to think it is legal......
W-W I had the same thoughts about Michelin maps and website. Michelin is I believe (French) State owned. Main droit et main gauche ?
You would then be, knowingly, going to a foreign country prepared to disobey their laws.
I should be so worried, thousands of 'visitor's' to the UK break our driving laws, drive without licences, get other's to take the test for them, claim for benefit's and asylum based on more fairy tales than the Grimm's could have dreampt up and generally abuse our hospitality.
Towing a caravan in France how likely is it that caravanner's are blasting past fixed Gatso's. Storing the cam data on SD card that can be removed is one possible option on some machines. You'll have to work out how that score works
You would then be, knowingly, going to a foreign country prepared to disobey their laws.
I should be so worried, thousands of 'visitor's' to the UK break our driving laws, drive without licences, get other's to take the test for them, claim for benefit's and asylum based on more fairy tales than the Grimm's could have dreampt up and generally abuse our hospitality.
Towing a caravan in France how likely is it that caravanner's are blasting past fixed Gatso's. Storing the cam data on SD card that can be removed is one possible option on some machines. You'll have to work out how that score works
I think I was always taught that two wrongs don't make a right. People must take responsibility for their own actions. I think the British police would be likely to take a pragmatic in their approach with someone visiting this country if the offence was not too serious. I don't think police in other European countries would be. It's all a bit academic anyway because in future you won't be able to get safety camera updates for France anyway so they may as well be cleared off the system before they go out of date.
David
By far the easist thing to do is to remove all speed camera data from your sat nav as France is not the only country where it is not allowed.
David
David Klyne-Milton Keynes Swift Rockingham + Kia Sorento www.caravantravels.co.uk