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Speeding in the UK

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  • 23-11-2007 3:11pm
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    jjbrien
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    Ok people I am sure this one is going to get you all fired up. I need to get an asnwer on this. Lets say you take the ferry with you car over to the UK. You drive trough all the speed cameras at speed do they send the fine back home to Ireland? We were debating this at workd today but we still dont know the answer. The way we see it if a car comes in from another EU country and speeds trough all the speed traps the fine proberly wont go to them as the Gardi wont know what to do with it when it turns up on the tape from the speed camera. Does the same apply in the UK/EU? I am not going to speed in the UK but i see alot of UK drivers doing it here.


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    eringobragh
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    A lad on one of the forums got a fine from up the north on the M1 fixed camera think it was £80 i forget but he got it in the post no points mind you.


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    ballooba
    Registered Users Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    eringobragh wrote: »
    A lad on one of the forums got a fine from up the north on the M1 fixed camera think it was £80 i forget but he got it in the post no points mind you.
    Would be expensive if you made a habit of it. Could get done for a few grand in a day if you were determined.


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    bman
    Registered Users Posts: 590 ✭✭✭bman


    Often wondered what the story is with Nothern drivers coming down here and speeding like fcuk. The N17 is particulary bad for it from what I can see. Is there any fines and/or points given to this drivers in the English system if they're caught by the guards here?


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    ballooba
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    About 20% of fines went to foreign licensed drivers in 2006.


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    bman
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    ballooba wrote: »
    About 20% of fines went to foreign licensed drivers in 2006.

    Are they made pay I wonder? Who goes after them if they don't? I'm sure they won't get extradited if they don't :)


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    ballooba
    Registered Users Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    bman wrote: »
    Are they made pay I wonder? Who goes after them if they don't? I'm sure they won't get extradited if they don't :)
    Why would they be extradited for failing to pay a speeding ticket? What kind of insecure fascist are you?


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    mick.fr
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    No but since the last year there is an EU law regarding speeding tickets.
    Any country in EU can now send tickets over and is entitled to be paid.
    If you don't pay the fine the recovery can be enforced.
    So if you get one, better to pay it right away.


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    DonJose
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    ballooba wrote: »
    About 20% of fines went to foreign licensed drivers in 2006.

    Are they any numbers on the percentage of foreign cars on Irelands roads. I'd guesstimate less than 5%.


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    mthd
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    mick.fr wrote: »
    No but since the last year there is an EU law regarding speeding tickets.
    Any country in EU can now send tickets over and is entitled to be paid.
    If you don't pay the fine the recovery can be enforced.
    So if you get one, better to pay it right away.

    I got a speeding ticket in germany last year in a rental car, didnt pay it and havent heard anything since:)


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    Random
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    They are planning on bringing out a EU wide points system aren't they? Or at least UK/IE ... this way any outstanding fines and points from NI (for example) would blend onto your Irish license ... so I hear .. but I know little ..


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    jjbrien
    Registered Users Posts: 2,678 ✭✭✭jjbrien


    ciaranfo wrote: »
    They are planning on bringing out a EU wide points system aren't they? Or at least UK/IE ... this way any outstanding fines and points from NI (for example) would blend onto your Irish license ... so I hear .. but I know little ..

    But that will take ages to be done look at the intergrated ticking from transit in Dublin. I think we are a good 5 years away from that. I am fed up of seeing nothern cars driving like made here. An english car crashed into me in August it cost me 500 euro to fix my car the guards found out when he had left the country that he told them an insurance company which does not exsit. The cant do anything to him unless he enters Ireland again. These drivers think they can come into our little country and wrek it. I know its not all UK drivers but they do stand out.


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    Saruman
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    Lets say you did that, got fines.. refused to pay... could you imagine a few years later getting stopped over there. A routine check on your plate and the bobby sees you owe thousands in unpaid speeding fines :D


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    JohnCleary
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    I'd be as cautious speeding in the UK as I would be in Ireland. If you get a narky cop in the UK, he can either arrest you, or seize your car, or something to that effect (So i've been told, could be total bull) Any time i'm in the UK (Granted i'm not usually driving my own car so obviously that bit more cautious) I'm a proper Sunday driver, hardly go over the speed limit out of pure paranoia


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    Saruman
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    One of the guys in work is from NI though he lives here now. Drives a UK reg car. Anyway, he was done this week doing 130 in a 100km zone. Stupidly when asked for his address he gave his Dublin address and not his NI address. He was arrested, fined and will probably have to pay VRT etc on his car now.


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    JohnCleary
    Registered Users Posts: 10,210 ✭✭✭✭JohnCleary


    Saruman wrote: »
    One of the guys in work is from NI though he lives here now. Drives a UK reg car. Anyway, he was done this week doing 130 in a 100km zone. Stupidly when asked for his address he gave his Dublin address and not his NI address. He was arrested, fined and will probably have to pay VRT etc on his car now.

    Arrested? For speeding? Was he snorting lines of coke when the cop approached or something?? :confused:


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    Saruman
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    No, think about it.... why would a Garda arrest someone in a foreign reg car with foreign license plates instead of giving an on the spot fine and penalty points?


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    ballooba
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    DonJose wrote: »
    Are they any numbers on the percentage of foreign cars on Irelands roads. I'd guesstimate less than 5%.
    Foreign drivers, not cars. I hope your not off down the racism route too.


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    Sizzler
    Registered Users Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭Sizzler


    eringobragh wrote: »
    A lad on one of the forums got a fine from up the north on the M1 fixed camera think it was £80 i forget but he got it in the post no points mind you.

    Should have put it straight into his green bin and forgot about it. I hope he didnt pay it :eek: What are they going to do, send a PSNI officer down to knock on his door? My bollix.


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    kilasser
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    Don't the UK, NI and other countrys go after un payed fines outside their duristrictions via debt collectors.


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    pipsss
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    kilasser wrote: »
    Don't the UK, NI and other countrys go after un payed fines outside their duristrictions via debt collectors.
    im over in london every other week in van and forever getting parking tickets must have at least 50 by now (everytime i stop to collect goods they pounce and stick a ticket on me)i keep getting lovely threatening letters from debt collectors(who change all the time)now for the last five years and just fcuk them in the bin


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    bman
    Registered Users Posts: 590 ✭✭✭bman


    ballooba wrote: »
    Why would they be extradited for failing to pay a speeding ticket? What kind of insecure fascist are you?

    I was taking the pi55 . I know they're not going to be extradited.

    edit - be nice!


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    jrar
    Registered Users Posts: 795 ✭✭✭jrar


    DonJose wrote: »
    Are they any numbers on the percentage of foreign cars on Irelands roads. I'd guesstimate less than 5%.

    As we have no native car manufacturing in this country, ALL cars on our roads are foreign cars

    :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D


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    unkel
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    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    ballooba wrote: »
    What kind of insecure fascist are you?

    After a comment like that, you're surprised someone is going to say something back at you? C'mon, ballooba. You've been around long enough to know better than that...


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    Sizzler
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    kilasser wrote: »
    Don't the UK, NI and other countrys go after un payed fines outside their duristrictions via debt collectors.

    Trust me mate they wont bother their hole for £70. Anyway best of luck with that one lads :rolleyes:


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    Sizzler
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    pipsss wrote: »
    im over in london every other week in van and forever getting parking tickets must have at least 50 by now (everytime i stop to collect goods they pounce and stick a ticket on me)i keep getting lovely threatening letters from debt collectors(who change all the time)now for the last five years and just fcuk them in the bin

    Proper order :D


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    ballooba
    Registered Users Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    bman wrote: »
    I was taking the pi55 . I know they're not going to be extradited.
    I missed the smiley. Sorry. I hate people who have to drag immigration into every discussion and blame everything on 'foreigners'. Thankfully I was mistaken this time.


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    bman
    Registered Users Posts: 590 ✭✭✭bman


    ballooba wrote: »
    I missed the smiley. Sorry. I hate people who have to drag immigration into every discussion and blame everything on 'foreigners'. Thankfully I was mistaken this time.

    No problem.


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