Makes no difference, I got caught, paid the fine - my debt to society is done
Crappy one really, over a blind sweeping corner and he was parked behind a tree just off the main carriageway, not really a lot I could've done (well, driven slower but that aint likely is it
) on the E25 about 350miles from Calais so hardly in the peak fine grabbing zone.
I was unlucky in that I got an 'Adjudant' (pretty senior?) who was training a junior officer, senior guy knew naff all eeenglish and my French is right up there with Allo Allo but younger bloke was pretty good. They didn't like I only had my licence (didn't help when I said 'leecence' in Fench accent and it made me think of the Inspecter Clueseau (sic) moment when he asks if the "minkey has a leecence" so he went off on one about documents I should be carrying.
Anyhoo, he asks how he can tell its my car, at which point younger bloke laughs and points out its says "Thorney Motorsport" all over it so he relents a bit. He says it should be a E750 fine and licence taken away but after a chat with younger bloke he says "follow me to office" and they drag me through 45mins of paperwork, breath test etc and he says E135 only - drive slower now.
Young bloke saves me I think, when the older guys puts car make and model down he chips in "non, non n'est pa M trois, c'est un CSL" which surprised me as my car is debadged and didn't think CSl was well known in France.
Net result, all three cops come out when I'm done and ask me to rev it up a bit before I go! lol, if only UK cops were like this sometimes.
