Bugbear
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Facebook site where they publish speed camera locations 
http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf
Just scroll down
http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf
Just scroll down
Gendarmes in the Var now have a
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Pity nobody has thought to put the camera sites in a GPS friendly format 
I thought all of the regional newspapers listed the sites? Not that I have looked in a while.
No, these are for mobile/spot checks.
Did you read this...?
http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/french-radars-made-unusable-by-....-french-cops.htm
That's even better. You've got to love french cops
They list the mobile ones in my parent's local newspaper in Provence. The Apt Herald, or whatever it's called... La Provence, probably
They list the mobile ones in my parent's local newspaper in Provence. The Apt Herald, or whatever it's called... La Provence, probably
Lucky man. Should make it easier to dodge tickets...
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I would have thought those chaps over at pocketgpsworld will have them listed on their camera database (which is updated weekly)Pity nobody has thought to put the camera sites in a GPS friendly format
I would have thought those chaps over at pocketgpsworld will have them listed on their camera database (which is updated weekly)
In fact the best "protection" against mobile speed traps are electronic "community" systems like Coyote and several GPS manufacturer on smartphones (I used Navigon on iPhone that allows me to signal a mobile radar when I see one).
.... is (most often) a bit of common sense.
I am no angel and have been caught on an open empty road, early one Sunday morning down near Brive, heading up into the hills. All very good natured and lighter in my wallet by EUR 90. A tax on fun, if you like.
Through towns or villages I won't pretend that I never exceed 50 kph but sometimes I am down at 30 or less, depending on what is going on. Entry and exits to the built up area... take care and watch the oncoming vehicles, who will often give you the 'warning flash'. If they are going unnaturally slowly, it's often for a reason.
Other than that, if you see the brake lights of a vehicle in front come on for no immediately apparent reason it's worthwhile thinking very carefully about slowing down yourself, using in effect the bod in front's eyes to work for you. Who knows what is going on where you cannot see? Any clue of something possibly untoward up ahead is a good one, it may be a jackknifed lorry
or 'just' plod with their hair-dryer.
.... is (most often) a bit of common sense.
Through towns or villages I won't pretend that I never exceed 50 kph but sometimes I am down at 30 or less, depending on what is going on. Entry and exits to the built up area... take care and watch the oncoming vehicles, who will often give you the 'warning flash'. If they are going unnaturally slowly, it's often for a reason.
Other than that, if you see the brake lights of a vehicle in front come on for no immediately apparent reason it's worthwhile thinking very carefully about slowing down yourself, using in effect the bod in front's eyes to work for you. Who knows what is going on where you cannot see? Any clue of something possibly untoward up ahead is a good one, it may be a jackknifed lorry
Sensible advice, being that camera downloads from 3rd party organisations are technically illegal as they show the cameras position, and not a "danger area" in France. Plenty of roads to do almost what you want on, but every village I treat as if there's a man in blue hiding behind a tree.
Another thing you have to be careful of now, ( and I nearly got caught near my own village), are what they call the 'appareils pedagogique' or the flashing warning signs they attach to lamposts to advise you of your speed. My local Gendarmerie now sit and wait in a side road where they can see the unit, but you can't see them , and watch the speed unit. If it starts flashing above the limit, they know you have been speeding inside the limit area because the unit is strategically placed so it won't read the speed until you are well inside the zone.
I feel a rant coming on!!
I feel a rant coming on!!
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