15-04-2019, 12:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 15-04-2019, 12:33 AM by Tony Griffiths.)
Let’s just say it was a very fast car, and it wouldn’t go any faster
....I like that. I really like it!
One trick, when on French rural roads, to clock the local registration code and follow such a car; the driver will (hopefully) know the cameras are and the speed traps. A few months ago I tracked an ancient 405 with what looked like a young girl at the wheel: 100 mph on the open bits; 30 mph through most villages (some rather quicker); the odd slowing for the 70 k.p.h. road crossings (most ignored). Not a guaranteed method of getting away with it, but fun to try.
I have an electronic pass for the autoroutes and tend to use those - generally empty (no wonder, they are very expensive) and stress-free - unlike the UK with nose-tail-cars at 80 mph 24/7, even in the wet. Driving standards have improved immeasurably in France during the last fifteen years, though they all still tailgate at the motorway speed limit; needless to say, when that happens the time I take to overtake that convoy of trucks increases somewhat the closer they get (most autoroutes are just two-lane of course). Need to go faster? Tuck in behind the local plumber and his 100 mph, 15-year-old Citroen van with mulitple dints in every panel.
....I like that. I really like it!
One trick, when on French rural roads, to clock the local registration code and follow such a car; the driver will (hopefully) know the cameras are and the speed traps. A few months ago I tracked an ancient 405 with what looked like a young girl at the wheel: 100 mph on the open bits; 30 mph through most villages (some rather quicker); the odd slowing for the 70 k.p.h. road crossings (most ignored). Not a guaranteed method of getting away with it, but fun to try.
I have an electronic pass for the autoroutes and tend to use those - generally empty (no wonder, they are very expensive) and stress-free - unlike the UK with nose-tail-cars at 80 mph 24/7, even in the wet. Driving standards have improved immeasurably in France during the last fifteen years, though they all still tailgate at the motorway speed limit; needless to say, when that happens the time I take to overtake that convoy of trucks increases somewhat the closer they get (most autoroutes are just two-lane of course). Need to go faster? Tuck in behind the local plumber and his 100 mph, 15-year-old Citroen van with mulitple dints in every panel.