euro speeding fines

Adrian Sprint said:

Another time on the Autobahn in Germany I came up behind about 80 vehicles crawling along in the fast lane. Being a visitor I went around the blockage in one of the empty right hand lanes and had lights flashing at me and arms waving out the windows. When I was about 1 km away from the front of the queue I noticed other cars following my lead. I later found out it is verboten to overtake on the inside in Germany...oops!


Travel certainly broadens your horizons.

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It's actually illegal to hog the fast lane in Germany so not sure how this situation happened. It's technically illegal in a lot of other Euro countries but in the UK if you flash people to get out of the way they often just turn into arseholes and keep blocking you. The police started campaigning to try and stop people doing this as it causes a lot of accidents but it hasn't changed much.

Adrian Sprint said:

In another show of my ignorance of local road rules I got onto the 12 lane roundabout which circles the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and didn't know I had to give way to vehicles entering the roundabout. I got pushed over to the innermost lane and went around about four times before I could fight my way off it...interesting experience!

Travel certainly broadens your horizons.

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Couldn't help it...

European Vacation - Roundabout - YouTube

ecobully said:

Wow! I was feeling bad at 111mph in a 65mph zone on the 101 in California. The CHP officer was nice enough to write me a ticket and let me go. My attorney told me that he had the option to arrest me and impound my bike.

These types of tickets on our sportbikes often remind me that I need more track time to relieve the itch of riding fast.

Note to self: Don't try to copy Antihero and ship my bike to Europe and ride, although that's another itch that's begging to be scratched lately.

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What was your outcome? I got popped on the 101 and the 23 at 117mph last week.

MrSolo said:

What was your outcome? I got popped on the 101 and the 23 at 117mph last week.

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Officer wrote in "R" for Radar/Lidar, but scratched out the unit number. Attorney will ask for calibration results for the unknown radar unit if my case goes to trial. Otherwise, he's passing this thru the prosecutor to get it dismissed for lack of evidence.

If all else fails, plea to get it knocked down to under 100mph, preferably 84mph and opt in for traffic court. I was told that in special cases, you can get 30-day suspension and/or additional misdemeanor charge if case goes to trial--I don't quite understand how they can add to a citation that only mentions an infraction, but was vaguely told that over 100mph can also imply reckless driving, hence the addition to the original charge.

I got done on the route 7 in Germany a few years ago on my R6 for doing 180 km/h in a 120 zone . Unmarked BMW pulled me over and I ended up with a 514 euro fine and a 1 month ban. Good news was that I could pick when I wanted my ban to start, so I waited until I was off to Canada for 8 weeks. Returned from Canada and jumped straight back on the bike...cheers easy!!!!