As said by the journalist, this is only a giant revenue-raising system. Nothing to do with security (for instance, in France, around 4% of people killed in a car accident, were involved in a crash on highways, where you could find 90% of speed cameras...guess why !)
Usually, you get caught by a speed camera, and receive the fine by post few days later... But, until recently, this didn't work with cars registered in foreign countries : 5% of foreign cars on french roads, commit 15% of the speeding offenses, then 15% of all fines were unpaid... (intolerable loss of earnings !)
So simple solution, for the always impecunious french welfare government, to improve return on its investments : speed traps with on-the-spot fine on each border area... But since Nov. 2013, some European agreement was signed, deciding that a speed fine can be collected in any country member of EU, wherever the offense was committed.
Is this will be the end of british cars hunting ?
No ! So, why are British cars still especially targeted in North West of France ?
Simple again : have all european country ratified this said agreement ? No... United-Kingdom, Irish republic (and surprisingly Denmark) refused.:thumbsup:
(I want to see there, the famous pragmatism of anglo-saxon countries, protecting their interests, against the "politically correct" that is killing France...)
So tally-ho on these british drivers in North West on France, who dare refuse to get taken to the cleaner !
Just remenber : the french highway cops don't want to save your life, they just want your money and get good statistics (the word "security" is only used as make-up) ... As long as you keep that in mind, you can understand the french system and keep an eye on your speedo (which eye will not be kept on the road itself : who's talking about security ?)
Motoring spirit is a british concept : for french authorities, a car is only something noisy, polluting, dangerous, and incidentally source of revenue...only hardly tolerated as a transportation mean to get from a point to another.