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18/05/2008, 21:21 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 W of Cahors (46) Posts 4,148 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry  opas wrote: if our police in France knew the regs there would be a few less brit cars permanently driving around wouldn`t there! Amen to that Even though his E106 has run out I still think it might be worth the phone call. The fact that he was demonstrably non resident plus stuff like his French driving licence and anything else he can produce to support the fact will all go down well in court, if it even get's that far, let's hope it doesn't. Chin up and try and get a good night's sleep, you may have a long day tomorrow, here's hoping it's a successful one.   My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

19/05/2008, 8:58 opas Joined on 23/08/2004 catalonia, top of the hill en route to the Chateau Posts 2,199 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry Well talk about being caught betweena brick and a hard place! I have honed the British Embassy in Paris....they cannot help because the incident is in UK Ihave phoned the French Embassy in London, they cannot help because We are not French Citizens. The MIB line is not even open yet. My insurer was like a chocolate fireguard and said maybe this is the law in UK. Now I am going to try the RAC to see if they can come up with anything    Report

19/05/2008, 9:31 Iceni Joined on 23/08/2004 Lot 46 Posts 3,038 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry Serious questions - If I take my French reg car to the UK am I obliged to carry CG, CT, insurance papers and evidence of identity with me at all times ? Or did I lose the right not to do this when I left ? I am very confused as to the real reason for O being locked up - insurance seems to be valid but only if Plod reads French and is familiar with EU law, having no fixed abode possibly ? or was he less than adequately servile ? Hopefully it will be resolved today and opas can cut down on the gin and valium. There but for for the grace etc Di How do I get MY free website?    Report

19/05/2008, 9:34 woolybanana'sbrother Joined on 18/01/2008 Posts 1,321 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry Did the insurance people at least say he was covered as far as they are concerned? That should be enough for a basic problem of not having insurance cover. Do not try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.    Report

19/05/2008, 9:42 cooperlola Joined on 05/05/2006 72 - Sarthe - home of les 24 heures du Mans Posts 6,438 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry  Iceni wrote: Serious questions - If I take my French reg car to the UK am I obliged to carry CG, CT, insurance papers and evidence of identity with me at all times ? Or did I lose the right not to do this when I left ? I am very confused as to the real reason for O being locked up - insurance seems to be valid but only if Plod reads French and is familiar with EU law, having no fixed abode possibly ? or was he less than adequately servile ? Hopefully it will be resolved today and opas can cut down on the gin and valium. There but for for the grace etc I have taken to carrying a copy of the piece of legislation which confirms that it is not necessay to have a French driving license, whilst living in France.  Maybe I should be carrying a copy of the EU law on insurance and taxation, when I go back to the UK for holidays now! I see that we are now approaching the time of Mr O's court appearance, so hopefully sanity will prevail shortly.  Did you manage to talk to the solicitor, Opas? Healthcare Issues Site    Report

19/05/2008, 9:44 opas Joined on 23/08/2004 catalonia, top of the hill en route to the Chateau Posts 2,199 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry I finaly managed to get through to the MIB and the green card bureau, who said that everyting was OK. I asked if she could fax something through to the court, which she couldn`t but said I should ring the police(too late as he was due to go in court) so I rang the court,after a quick explanation with the receptionist she put me throught to the prossecution(she should have put me to defence aparently) but the lady who answered asked me what info I did have, s I explained out who I had spoken to , she got his file and then all hell broke loose! They asked me where he was going when he was stopped, I said he had told me he had had enough and was coming home, wheres Home? south of france. Then a disussion continued in the background that his insurance was french, I explained then the principle of green card cover(and gave her the number of the green card help desk) she asked when he had left UK < I told her and roughly the time of the ferry and the ferry company, by this time I was practically sreaming down the phone because I said I had tried to explain all that to the police , I said he has a french driving licence, id card(did not mention the term TDS as it probably would not mean anything. she took my number and dashed off to the court!   Waiting on a phone call now!    Report

19/05/2008, 11:03 Will Joined on 22/09/2004 Sussex & 50 (Mortainais) Posts 5,101 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry If it is an insurance/residence matter and nothing more sinister then the words 'wrongful arrest' spring to mind, and this link might prove interesting: http://www.wikicrimeline.co.uk/index.php?title=Wrongful_arrest Will intentionally blank signature http://www.vienormande.com    Report

19/05/2008, 11:05 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 W of Cahors (46) Posts 4,148 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry We're with you Opas ! Di: no real mystery or confusion as I see it, plod decided, or at least strongly suspected that Mr O was uninsured (or worse), and without a verifable UK abode had little option but to arrest and detain him. The question of his resisting arrest, or not, is something else subsiduary to that. I see that Will has beaten me to the topic of unlawful arrest My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

19/05/2008, 11:13 opas Joined on 23/08/2004 catalonia, top of the hill en route to the Chateau Posts 2,199 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry I have just rung the court, he has not even been `dealt with` yet!    Report

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