Can European motorist be fined for speeding at 120 kilometres hour in England ?
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If you break the speed limit, you can be fined. What your speedo says is irrelevant. Of course, if you don't live here, how are they going to chase you for the fine??
yes.
there are some speed limits as low as 30mph.
The speed limit is the speed limit. If you break the law, you can be fined.
To be fair, correct me if I am wrong but 120 kilometers hour is about 75mph - I think. If you were doing that speed, I suspect that they would not persue it too hard.
Yes, you would be going 4 mie per hour over the speed limit and if caught you would be subject to a fine. The are recent news reports in the UK of European drivers owing a lot of money in unpaid fines however, as the fines are hard and costly to enforce.
120 is pretty close to 70, I wouldn't worry to that extent. If you have an EU license and you pick up tickets in the UK, you will be asked to apply for a UK counterpart for your license, and the points will be added.. So you can accumulate UK points.
yes as soon as they start driving in Britain they are under British restrictions and some European cars do have MPH on there clocks
yeh as long as its on the spot bcos otherwise they wont b able 2 tel u bout the fine british cars dnt tel u kilometers per hour + we can stil b fined in europe
If you were driving on the Motorway then dont worry. Even doing 79 miles an hour (accurate measurement), then you will not be prosecuted. The Law in the UK states that you must allow 10% speedo error (as it is not part of the MOT and therefore untested), and 2mph for eye perception on the speedo (as speedos dont normally show single digit lines). Thats the UK law as enforced in the courts. I shoudl know, I work with 2 judges :-)
If you were on a normal road (60mph) then at 120kph you could get done.
It is unlikely however, that if they see you are from overseas, enforcement is a problem and most likely you will not be chased.
If however it was 120kph in a 40mph or less, then they will pursue you and take you to court.
Hope that helps.
If you break the speed limit then you can be prosecuted even if you are not a resident of this country. If you do not live in this country and break the law, the police can and do, arrest you and keep you in custody and take you before the next available court. The reason for this is because a summons cannot be practicably served on them. Too many people think that because they do not reside in this country, then they can get away with anything. NOT THE CASE.
Technically if you break the law by speeding then you are liable to prosecution.It appears that many speed cameras do not in fact have film.At the same time some areas of the UK do not bother to trace non UK vehicles.But why should you exceed the speed limit?Agreed the UK is an EU.country and you could argue that speed limits be marked in Km,per hour;but I doubt you would get away with this plea!
It is a well known & documented FACT that the procecution threshold is 10% +2mph in MOST areas.
ie. 35 in a 30, 79 in a 70. This allows for inherent errors in the spedometer reading & accuracy.
A few extra militant areas like Wales (Brunstrom territory), a Westminster tend to err on the side of the procecution!
A european CANNOT get points but will still be fined if they are caught during their stay. A 'ghost' license is made by the DVLA to hold the point sagainst that person, so it is possible to be banned from driving in the UK without ever having held a UK license. The same system is used for illegal underage drivers or UK residents driving without a license.
no they cannot force you to pay any fine.
no its only 4mph over the limit an you can go about 7mph over with out being fined
yes,, you have to stick to the SPEED limit same as we do!!!
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