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Scooby

Cabin : Flight 004 Location : Reading Posts : 7328 Join date : 2010-12-12
 | Subject: Are you in line for a fine? Thu Jan 17, 2013 5:19 pm | |
| Have you updated your licence photo recently:
In line for a fine? ________________________________________________________________________________ Proud winners of Spike's Trophy 2017
Scooby - Born To Run  |
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lilyvdub

Cabin : Exec 024 Location : york Posts : 1018 Join date : 2011-03-05
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Thu Jan 17, 2013 6:45 pm | |
| I would love a photo one ,but they charge for it , tight b .........s,I will stick with my tissue paper version |
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MarcusH

Cabin : Exec 031 Location : Sheffield Posts : 782 Join date : 2011-12-08
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Thu Jan 17, 2013 6:54 pm | |
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Scooby

Cabin : Flight 004 Location : Reading Posts : 7328 Join date : 2010-12-12
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:50 am | |
| Think the paper one's will be fazed out soon! ________________________________________________________________________________ Proud winners of Spike's Trophy 2017
Scooby - Born To Run  |
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Bileos

Cabin : Exec 005 Location : Kent Posts : 134 Join date : 2011-10-14
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:29 am | |
| Anyone going to France should have a photo licence as the French police do not now acknowledge the paper version and you will be liable to a fine - and you know some French policeman love to pull English vehicles! |
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AbsintheKombi

Cabin : Exec 013 Location : Leyland, Lancs Posts : 5594 Join date : 2011-07-25
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:47 am | |
| I've got an up to date one - had to change the photo last year.
I've been going to France since the mid 80s and haven't been stopped yet but maybe now I've just tempted fate! ________________________________________________________________________________ Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder
Blog: C13MPR
Finalist in the Caravan Club Caravanner of the Year Competition 2016
Star Kombi Winner 2015
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Bileos

Cabin : Exec 005 Location : Kent Posts : 134 Join date : 2011-10-14
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:06 am | |
| I don't think it's a legal requirement to have the photo card licence in France yet but I do think that you should avoid anything that will give the nice gendarme an excuse, especially if your French isn't very good. I was thinking that a convoy of Kombis may draw attention...maybe just for a better look at our lovely bays but there is always the chance he may be in a bad mood! |
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Batman

Cabin : Exec 072 Location : Central Dorset Posts : 321 Join date : 2012-01-22
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:08 pm | |
| Thanks for mentioning this - just sorted mine out - the old paper one went through the washing machine about 10 years ago - but just about survived - so about time I updated to the card. It was all quite painless apart from the fee! LOL Thanks again - no fines for me in France. |
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dizzylizard

Cabin : Exec 018 Location : Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts and Bristol Posts : 2065 Join date : 2011-09-20
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Fri Jan 18, 2013 2:30 pm | |
| - @MarcusH wrote:
- Still got my paper one
I still have my red cardboard one from 1962, apparently I'm still entitled to drive a heavy locomotive, and a pedestrian controlled lawnmower.  |
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AbsintheKombi

Cabin : Exec 013 Location : Leyland, Lancs Posts : 5594 Join date : 2011-07-25
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Fri Jan 18, 2013 2:43 pm | |
| Both of which may accelerate faster than our Bays! ________________________________________________________________________________ Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder
Blog: C13MPR
Finalist in the Caravan Club Caravanner of the Year Competition 2016
Star Kombi Winner 2015
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spikesworlddub

Cabin : Club Location : Cambridgeshire Posts : 47 Join date : 2011-04-10
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:55 pm | |
| Hi, just an added thing for you chaps going to France, I believe you have to carry at least 3 self breathalyser kits in your vehicle and have your sat nav set NOT to warn of speed cameras, otherwise the traffic police will fine you on the spot! Friendly bunch, I guess they take road traffic safety seriously, no doubt UK will fall in line at some point. |
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EvoFylde

Cabin : Club Location : Lancashire Posts : 295 Join date : 2012-08-17
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:44 pm | |
| Yes, I updated my photo license last month.
Did you know your insurance is invalid if your photo license is out of date!!!!
Scary!!
The paper one is being phased out in 2025. |
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EvoFylde

Cabin : Club Location : Lancashire Posts : 295 Join date : 2012-08-17
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:44 pm | |
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jj123vw

Cabin : Business Location : Bristol Posts : 1545 Join date : 2009-09-30
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:43 pm | |
| I thought you werent allowed a sat nav period? Read about a guy that was pulled over at the tolls and marched to the cash machine before the police would let him go just because he had one in the car?? |
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TimV Admin

Cabin : Flight 001 Location : Leatherhead, UK. Posts : 12863 Join date : 2009-09-27
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:44 pm | |
| Your are allowed one but MUST have the speed camera alerts function disabled. ________________________________________________________________________________ Max SportsKombi - The Bay Racer and Tango - the Fizzy Kombi @brazilianvwbay |
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AbsintheKombi

Cabin : Exec 013 Location : Leyland, Lancs Posts : 5594 Join date : 2011-07-25
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Sat Jan 19, 2013 3:57 pm | |
| - Quote :
- Yes, I updated my photo license last month.
Did you know your insurance is invalid if your photo license is out of date!!!!
Not necessarily the case but you should make sure you've got one anyway! ________________________________________________________________________________ Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder
Blog: C13MPR
Finalist in the Caravan Club Caravanner of the Year Competition 2016
Star Kombi Winner 2015
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EvoFylde

Cabin : Club Location : Lancashire Posts : 295 Join date : 2012-08-17
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:01 pm | |
| That's just what my insurance company told me. |
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Tallulah

Cabin : Flight 011 Location : South Somerset, UK Posts : 4674 Join date : 2011-06-05
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:48 pm | |
| It's only the photo card part of your license that has an expiry date, the larger paper part lasts until you are 70. ________________________________________________________________________________ www.vdubcamperhire.com Twitter: @tallulah_vw Facebook: facebook.com/vdubcamperhire
Proud winners of Spikes Trophy, 2016. Freedom, in style...
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Andy
Cabin : Club Location : Swaffham, Norfolk Posts : 165 Join date : 2010-08-09
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Tue Feb 12, 2013 10:20 pm | |
| - @lilyvdub wrote:
- I would love a photo one ,but they charge for it , tight b .........s,I will stick with my tissue paper version
Its free to swap to a photo one at the same time as a change of details... So I got mine done for free when I moved house a couple of years ago. |
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lilyvdub

Cabin : Exec 024 Location : york Posts : 1018 Join date : 2011-03-05
 | Subject: Re: Are you in line for a fine? Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:04 pm | |
| Thanks ,but I don't want to move!!!!! Lol |
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