GB sticker

[Fazerloz]

I have one on mine, no one should be offended it is a symbol that predates any of the recent nonsense

So was the swastika, but plenty take offence to that symbol now. How the world loved the swastika - until Hitler stole it - BBC News

 

[Byronic]

Should of played the b/pipes,that would have soon sent him on his way,whale whine wheeze hum,and thats just you.

You may have something there trev, in northern Spain they play the Galician
Bagpipes, they sound like the Scottish variety, that could've gone well for him..... or
possibly not!

 

[alcam]

If you Guys think this is bad, you want to run Dangerous Goods through France and Spain.
It is like running the gauntlet!
At a control, they see the RHD vehicle and the orange warning plates and they seem to think you are fair game.
They ask to see the emergency equipment, they want 7 days of tachographs and they will nick you for speeding on the tacko, over the national limit, 7 days ago..
€40 is a very small fine for Spain!
I have even been pulled for a full control, then on my way again and the Autoroute forked and within a couple of miles I was pulled again.
Another full control!
If and when they pull you, be polite, but firm!
If you are wrong, you are wrong, but don't accept it if you are in the right!

More things they can get you for with lorries I suppose .
To be fair the guys booking me were polite , friendly and not heavy handed at all .
It is a ridiculous fine for basically feck all . No danger being caused etc .
Don't know how it works in Spain but certainly in the US local fines , speeding etc , are an important part of the town budget . Then , of course , pressure is applied to meet targets etc

 

[Byronic]

More things they can get you for with lorries I suppose .
To be fair the guys booking me were polite , friendly and not heavy handed at all .
It is a ridiculous fine for basically feck all . No danger being caused etc .
Don't know how it works in Spain but certainly in the US local fines , speeding etc , are an important part of the town budget . Then , of course , pressure is applied to meet targets etc

One way or another Spain gets your €40. But console yourself, may be that €40
will reduce the Negotiated Financial Settlement from €50,000,000,000
to €49,999,999,960.

 

[Donk]

I bet No foreign drivers ever get pulled up over here in the past for not having a sticker of their country.
And now they are on the Number plates!

 

[alcam]

One way or another Spain gets your €40. But console yourself, may be that €40
will reduce the Negotiated Financial Settlement from €50,000,000,000
to €49,999,999,960.

I'm not paying , I voted remain !

 

[witzend]

I bet No foreign drivers ever get pulled up over here in the past for not having a sticker of their country.
And now they are on the Number plates!

I've never seen a Foreign Vehicle with head light adjusters when over here either

 

[vwalan]

I've never seen a Foreign Vehicle with head light adjusters when over here either

you dont have to have adjusters on your lights when over there . so long as you dont drive at night or its bad weather.
the offence is dazzling others . if you dont dazzle its not a problem.
eu number plates have had the country sign on for years .

 

[Donk]

Yes, but before we joint the EU i bet foreign drivers were never pulled over for no country of origin sticker!

 

[vwalan]

all i can say is in the 60,s not many were travelling either way and you could be stopped searched vehicle checked twice at every border . believe me folk did have country stickers . there was also you had to have yellow on your headlights , think it was france , never mind the border checks for fire extinguishers ,and all the other junk you have to have . borders were great fun . see how long you could mess them around for .
as young kids we moved about disapeared , the border police etc thought they were god.

 

[Byronic]

Yes, but before we joint the EU i bet foreign drivers were never pulled over for no country of origin sticker!

But was much more likely to get pulled for a check pre EU days you know.
Especially passport documentation, not so much the vehicle paperwork. The Spanish
authorities,police/GC in particular had a generally accepted paranoid mindset approach.
More formalities at frontiers with visas etc. Some plusses, the likes of Morocco used to
encourage tourism with fuel discount coupons. Still have quite a few with unused
allocations might try to redeem them one day!

 

[Compo]

gb sticker

currently in spain with ordinary plates front and rear no gb sticker fitted I have a small magnetic gb sticker on rear of mh do I need one one the front is it 40euro for front and 40 euro for rear ???????
compo

 

[oldpolicehouse]

to be honest, there are no excuses, we have always needed one fitted, except when a person is in the euro countries and the vehicle has a euro plate with the smaller gb included.
After the ****** vote, i removed these euro plates and fitted normal old style british reg plates and i then needed to fit proper gb plates.
We have always needed them for non eu countries, such as switzerland, but most of us have gotten away without them!
Also watch out, if you have a cycle carrier and no red and white marker board. They will nick you!

Why ? We ain't leaving the EU

 

[Byronic]

Why ? We ain't leaving the EU

Ah ok then, I'll continue not to display a GB sticker, I don't like to advertise more than I
have to. So far no ones noticed the heinous omission as much as to bother me

 

[barryd]

I stuck some of these on the van and on the bike this summer. Everyone loved them, plus I got flashed by speed cameras four times and not heard anything so clearly they took one look at the pictures and decided I was a good egg and let me off

 

[Byronic]

I stuck some of these on the van and on the bike this summer. Everyone loved them, plus I got flashed by speed cameras four times and not heard anything so clearly they took one look at the pictures and decided I was a good egg and let me off

Betcha had a regulation sized, correct colour GB sticker next to it though, you rebel you

 

[korky]

I stuck some of these on the van and on the bike this summer. Everyone loved them, plus I got flashed by speed cameras four times and not heard anything so clearly they took one look at the pictures and decided I was a good egg and let me off

Me too Barry.On the van and pushbike.

Not to curry favour with EU nationals but more to irritate the Brit motorhomers I've met abroad who moan about foreigners,usually other EU nationals who have the temerity to park up all over the continent leaving no room for us.
Yowza.

Korky.

 

[barryd]

Me too Barry.On the van and pushbike.

Not to curry favour with EU nationals but more to irritate the Brit motorhomers I've met abroad who moan about foreigners,usually other EU nationals who have the temerity to park up all over the continent leaving no room for us.
Yowza.

Korky.

The same ones that take Heinz baked beans with them and Aldi Cheddar from home?

It was a good talking point with "Johnny Foreigner". I just kept telling them ****** was all a daft British Joke and we wont be leaving really.

 

[oldpolicehouse]

The same ones that take Heinz baked beans with them and Aldi Cheddar from home?

It was a good talking point with "Johnny Foreigner". I just kept telling them ****** was all a daft British Joke and we wont be leaving really.

It is a daft British joke. Trouble is the jokes on us.Eu leaders are doubled over laughing at us.

 

[antiquesam]

I stuck some of these on the van and on the bike this summer. Everyone loved them, plus I got flashed by speed cameras four times and not heard anything so clearly they took one look at the pictures and decided I was a good egg and let me off

They say the World loves an optimist.