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Old Aug 20, 2014, 7:30 pm
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Originally Posted by iahphx
I am constantly saddened when I read comments from people who would seem to take joy in making unsuspecting visitors pay exorbitant fines for doing nothing that a normal person would find "wrong." The idea of robotically and heavily fining somebody who's gone a few kilometers over a speed limit is the pure definition of an oppressive police state mentality.
And there is actually talk of reducing speed on tertiary roads from 90 km/h to 80 km/h to reduce road fatalities. Better for you to avoid France and leave it for those of us who love it.

And at least France doesn't have police waiting everywhere for revenue speed traps as in your country...
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