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Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Open data in the Netherlands
From: Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:46:19 -0500
Spain:  http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/149321629

We were late driving to the airport.  Tom talked them out of a fine and
they even posed for photos later if I promised not to post them on Facebook.

Tina


On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 5:17 PM, SwissPace <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I like the toll roads in France as they are generally quiet and I used
> to cruise along them in the 150 to 160km/h BUT not now, cameras are
> everywhere and they are quite strict - to my mind its clearly a money
> raising scheme.
>
> While Brussels may not be in direct control of the legislation I am
> fairly sure that there is some indirect influence and of course there is
> the inter country cooperation which was not there in the past, i.e.
> speeding in France with a UK license and you may get points added to
> your UK license.
>
> BTW with regard to my comments on Eurocrats I was replying to JH's
> comment - So not referring to Switzerland
>
> "I've read that the UK government is proposing to introduce a 60mph
> speed limit on large stretches of British motorways ..... at the behest
> of the European parliament in an attempt to control air polution ! jh"
>
> But I admit I didn't verify his information.
>
> Cheers
> IanW
>
>
>
> On 17/01/14 21:58, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> > Firstly, speed limits are not the competence of Brussels but of the
> national governments. This is what it makes it possible for Germany to have
> no speed limit on the Autobahn in the western part of the country (in the
> former DDR it is generally 130 km/h), while, say, the UK plods along at 70
> mph/110 km/h. Most countries are in the 120/130 range (120 here in Spain,
> 130 in France). My standard cruising speed in Spain is around 150-160 km/h.
> Speed cameras are announced in advance so you just slow down when you
> approach one, and there are not that many. I think that driving in Spain
> and France is very pleasurable. Switzerland is tough, lots of stretches
> with 100 km/h and lots of speed cameras, and high fines. But Eurocrats have
> nothing to do with, Switzerland is not even member of the EU.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nathan
> >
> > Nathan Wajsman
> > Alicante, Spain
> > http://www.frozenlight.eu
> > http://www.greatpix.eu
> > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
> >
> > YNWA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 17, 2014, at 9:37 PM, SwissPace wrote:
> >
> >> Hmmm its getting difficult to drive anywhere in Europe and in  France is
> >> almost impossible now to not get flashed.  At least here there is no
> >> points system so you can have many "just a bit overs."
> >>
> >> Please take me back to the days of traffic police where they assessed if
> >> you were driving dangerously for the conditions.
> >>
> >> and to reply to  JH, Here (Switzerland) they can reduce the limits if
> >> pollution is high but they are limited in the number of days they can do
> >> so. The problem with Eurocrats is they have to make changes to be seen
> >> to be doing things and that means a lot of cr@p for the general
> >> population and it will only get worse.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 17/01/14 21:08, Frank Wijsmuller wrote:
> >>> You still want to drive through our country? ;-)
> >>>
> >>> Best, Frank
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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