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19/05/2008, 11:20 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,806 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry Don't they get everyone there for the same time then work through them ?   www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

19/05/2008, 11:22 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 Nr Prayssac (Lot) Posts 3,484 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry In legal speak 10:30 in the forenoon means anytime between then and whatever time they packup for the day, typically 3:30 or 4:00 ish so you will just have to be patient. Look on the bright side though, the longer the delay in getting into court the more chance there is of somebody coming to their senses and realising the dreadful mistake plod have made and possibly he'll never have go in front of the Beaks at all !  My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

19/05/2008, 12:06 opas Joined on 23/08/2004 catalonia, top of the hill en route to the Chateau Posts 2,186 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry Just the loss of liberty and dignity for nearly 3 days.    Report

19/05/2008, 12:46 J.R's gone native Joined on 16/07/2006 Picardie, Sussex Posts 1,813 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry Do you know what he has been charged with Opas? If it is only for not having insurance, given that he has his vignette and green card I believe you have nothing at all to worry about, I do realise that this is a stressfull time for you but as others have said he will not come to any harm in the custody of the Police. I do hope while he was being arrested he didnt jokingly use the cliché "you'll never take me alive copper!" - in my experience they tend to lose their sense of humour having decided themselves to make an arrest as they have at that stage decided that you are, to use their words, "a bad guy".    Report

19/05/2008, 13:15 opas Joined on 23/08/2004 catalonia, top of the hill en route to the Chateau Posts 2,186 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry According to the person I spoke with  the green card is not valid as he has been working in the UK...work that one out.    Report

19/05/2008, 13:18 oscar Joined on 28/02/2008 Posts 52 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry I've been following this story with interest.  I know that most insurances are invalidated if you use your car for work but he uses his truck doesn't he?  So, so what if he's working in the UK, he's not using his car to do that.  Hope it all resolves itself and he's soon on his way home.    Report

19/05/2008, 13:27 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 Nr Prayssac (Lot) Posts 3,484 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry If this is indeed does all boil down to plod's inability to grasp or comprehend the validity of French insurance on a French car driven by a French resident then I'm absolutely certain that nuances such as whether the driver was going to work or not could ever penetrate their skulls Besides which, in UK at least, that is not a criminal matter anyway but something for the insurance company to argue about in the event of a claim.   My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

19/05/2008, 13:33 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 Nr Prayssac (Lot) Posts 3,484 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry Incidentally, I think this is this is an extremely important thread as, notwithstanding anything we have perhaps not been told but which is germain to Mr O's predicament, it's potentially a situation which any one of us who drives to UK in a French car could unwittingly find ourselves in !   My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

19/05/2008, 13:49 Will Joined on 22/09/2004 Sussex & 50 (Mortainais) Posts 4,813 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry Or, indeed, anybody who drives a vehicle registered and insured in any European country to any other European country (including Britain to France) because vehicle insurance laws are one of the areas where European harmonisation is actually a fact, subject to the laws of individual countries. Will intentionally blank signature http://www.vienormande.com    Report

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