What was the problem with the police RR? Or is that NL giving duff info? Redline (I know) Golf and the Polizei?
So what happened on the way back RR!!!!!!
Followed the entire thread through since Hurdy mentioned it in his initial post, and notice you are still keeping us in suspense!!
....Batting along with Hurdy in front and driving according to traffic and conditions. Which meant anything from 90-110mph mostly. I'd been the one to warn Hurdy about police usually setting ambushes near country borders and low and behold, about 25km from French border with Belgium I spot a police bike ahead parked and waiting for me. We both knew what it was about and I slowed, changed lanes and followed him into the Jabberwocky services (E40) where a police mobile office was parked.
"Does anyone speak English, please?" was obviously my first question and a guy came over and asked if I knew the speed limit in Belgium. I said no and that I simply drove according to traffic flow and conditions and that meant that sometimes it involved speeding. He was satisfied and didn't give me a lecture and told me that the limit was 120kmh and I'd done 146kmh so I had to pay a fine. All I was interested in was if points were given and he quite proudly said not in Belgium. He then took my licence and asked me to go to the services shop to get some cash.
In the queue were an English couple who had also been stopped. They were really miserable and were accusing the police of only stopping English cars. They weren't petrolheads. Stupid people - There's no point being miserable or getting arsey. To get cash back I bought a couple of chunky Kit-Kat bars and when I got back to the police office I showed but held back the cash but put the Kit-Kat bars on their desk and said that was the real reason they stopped me. That got laughs all round and we started chatting, mostly about how the French police were worse and a bit about my car which one of them seemed to like.
One of them started to tell me that there was no speed limit in France and then made a pretend call to tell them a red Golf was heading their way. He then told me the border was 25km and that their limit was 130kmh and the French police were not so kind.
An English biker on a very mean black Yamaha R1 had also been stopped and had no number plate fixed so I helped him with some gaffer tape. I'd seen him at the motorsport hotel where we stayed.
I think that without a points system, driving can be more relaxed because you can go as fast as the conditions safely allow and then accept that occasionally you might have to make a financial contribution. Bloody UK! Crap UK roads etc, rant rant rant
Hurdy was parked up waiting for me at the next stop and we continued the last part of our journey at an extremely boring 130kmh speed - Dull!
