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Boris, Don't you be fussing your head. We have just come back from Annecy, via Bourg en Bresse, Reims and up to Belgium and TBH although I am only the nav, I cannot say that I felt that a) we were travelling slower and more inconvenently or b) that anyone else was driving any less mentally than usual [All previous comments about Belgians & speed and Dutch caravans however still do apply].
There were stretches of roadworks northbound from around Troyes to Reims, but other than that all went very smoothly. If it stresses everyone so much to be doing 2mph less than our UK limit, well....
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There were stretches of roadworks northbound from around Troyes to Reims,
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They STILL there  Crikey got held up by those at Easter ski trip.
I'm certainly not stressing about any reduction in speed limit - more worried about being driven into by someone else not paying attention
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Boris, That road widening will be going on until 2010 section by section according to the signs, although on Monday quite long stretches were 'nearly' finished I guess they are trying to get them open for the big August getaway! By 2010 most of that entire part of the motorway network will be 3 lane.
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what is the speed limit with a trailer in France, i am towing one next week as well.
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norris, I just stick to 60mph on the autoroute with my trailer but I was been passed by other trailer towers like I was standing still.
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Thu 23-07-09 9:58; edited 3 times in total
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kiwi1, thanks yes will stick to around the 60-65 mark. She gets a bit bouncy at higher speeds.....
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| norris wrote: |
| what is the speed limit with a trailer in France, i am towing one next week as well. |
Apart from a few areas where there are signs with a speed limit showing a caravan (usually on downhill bends on the autoroutes), the limit in France is the same whether towing or not.
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Boris, absolutely no issues at all...... stop fretting it's no worse than it's ever been and some might argue (as is their way) that be the general more enforcement of speed limits then slightly better!!
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alex_heney, Wow, I didn't know that. 130kph towing a trailer. that'd hurt when it goes wrong and on the wallet in fuel.
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BTW the same towing speeds apply in the UK for trailers IIRC!!
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You know it makes sense.
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no it's 60 instead of 70 and 50 instead of 60 if towing in UK. afaik.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| marcellus wrote: |
| BTW the same towing speeds apply in the UK for trailers IIRC!! |
No, the limit with a braked trailer in the UK is 50 on single carriageway roads, and 60 on dual carriageways and motorways (in all cases, except where a lower limit applies to all traffic).
If the trailer is not braked, and weighs more than a certain amount, the limits are lower again, but I can't remember either the weight limit or the speed lmiits off hand.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I bow to your knowledge.... when I bought an unbraked single axle trailer I was unsure, so phoned a friend (a Traffic Sargeant) and he said;
a) I couldn't drive like a lady's front bottom (which possibly meant I should pull over straight away and burn my licence),
b) I shouldn't be using my phone whilst speaking to him as it wasn't an emergency,
c) I couldn't drive in lane 3 of a motorway.
His view was that provided I had a safe load, wasn't being dangerous and never went near lane 3 then provided he wasn't able to class my driving in any other way (Dangersous, due care etc etc) and I was within the posted limits for cars then there would be no grounds for a ticket.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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marcellus, The law is here
It does seem there is no longer any distinction between braked and unbraked trailers. I'm not sure when that changed.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Boris, You may find this website useful for your trip
http://www.bison-fute.gouv.fr/diri/Accueil.do?langue=en
There is an orange alert (difficult conditions) for outbound journeys this morning all over France. There will also be difficult conditions later in the day when rush hour work traffic and holiday traffic combine.
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Bad areas today are expected to include:
- the A10 near Orléans from 11.00 – 19.00
- the A6 to the north of Lyon until 19.00
- the A7 between Vienne and Orange until 18.00
- the A8 and A9 near Nice, Marseille, Montpellier and Narbonne from 15.00 – 20.00
- the A13 in Normandy from 17.00 – 19.00
- motorways through Aquitaine towards the end of the day
Tomorrow conditions are predicated to be very difficult in the morning and evening across the country and very difficult all day in the south-east.
Traffic is expected to flow well on Sunday morning but there will be an orange alert in the evening in the south.
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Bison Fute is effectively the official "Traffic report" agency in France.
Pretty much all TVs/Radios get their traffic info from it..
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| kiwi1 wrote: |
| alex_heney, Wow, I didn't know that. 130kph towing a trailer. that'd hurt when it goes wrong and on the wallet in fuel. |
I got stopped by the feds in Germany a few years ago for speeding with a boat on a trailer...
Me: "nah it's germany innit there's no speed limit"
Plod: "but you haff a ship - so zere is a limitz"
Me: "ok what's the max speed"
Plod: "Achtzig"
Me: Ahh
Plod: You haff to pay a tax
Me: (thinks) oh drat that's going to cost me...
Plod: Zwanzig Euro Bitte (20 euros!)
Me: Can I pre-pay so that when your mate down the road pulls me up later I don't have to stop.
Plod: Ich Verestehe nicht..
Still lesson learnedish - and only a pathetic 80kmh with a trailer...
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Sounds very reasonable, bertie bassett, although I seem to recall that if you don't have cash they arrest you on the spot for vagrancy. 
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bertie bassett, german motorways do have speed limits contrary to popular belief! But if theres a speed limit these are put up with signs. Also, easiest way to tell if you're on an unrestricted (no speed limit) autobahn is to check if theres a speed sign after the next slip road. If there isn't = no speed limit. Unless of course the big video screens say you have a speed limit.
andyph, surely they just escort you to the nearest cash point? Isn't that what every country does?
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escort you to the nearest cash point? Isn't that what every country does?
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that's an expensive way to do the job. The flic in France just relieved us of our passports and car documents and gave them back when we had found a cashpoint on our own, following his helpful directions. 
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pam w,
They do that at Calais... hand over your passport and tell you to pay 90eu..No ticket, mind..
so I took 3 hours to find a cash point and couldn't get any money out...in the end, they let me off with a warning..
So, some good,ie the let-off, but some bad, no ticket...and were they ever going to receipt it...?????????
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FAQ
. To be honest we had pretty clear indication of static cameras and if you keep your levels of observancy up you can usually spot the police. Never had the slightest hassle from cops in Europe and we've done a fair few bike tours. It seems that there is more of a money generating scheme going on to tax the tourists on the main routes.
