British drivers caught on camera exceeding speed limits in France and other EU countries will no longer be able to avoid fines under new rules to come into force from 2017.
Half-a-million British motorists are flashed by speed cameras in France each year. French police do not currently try to collect fines, although they do impose on-the-spot penalties if they stop British motorists who are speeding.
It difficult for them to track down those caught on camera because Britain opted out of a 2011 EU directive on road safety.
A new directive that was unanimously approved in February will come into force in most EU countries later this year. Britain - along with Ireland and Denmark, which also opted out of the earlier directive - will have until May 2017 to enforce it.
For the first time, police in other EU countries will be given the right to access British motorists’ details from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. The Telegraph Comments to taglines82@gmail.com
