I wouldn't want to be in his shoes!

[gavroche]

I flew back from Carcassonne this afternoon and while I was handing the keys back for the hired car I had for a week, a gendarme came in the office and I heard him say:" we ( there were two more gendarmes outside) are bringing back this English man, he failed to stop at a stop sign which resulted in an accident . The car is a write off and he was also over the limit for alcohol." I wonder if they let him catch his plane ?

 

[PeteXXX]

Zut alors!!!! Ils vont lui lancer le livre!

 

[Jimidh]

I flew back from Carcassonne this afternoon and while I was handing the keys back for the hired car I had for a week, a gendarme came in the office and I heard him say:" we ( there were two more gendarmes outside) are bringing back this English man, he failed to stop at a stop sign which resulted in an accident . The car is a write off and he was also over the limit for alcohol." I wonder if they let him catch his plane ?

I certainly hope they didn’t.

 

[Dirk]

I flew back from Carcassonne this afternoon and while I was handing the keys back for the hired car I had for a week, a gendarme came in the office and I heard him say:" we ( there were two more gendarmes outside) are bringing back this English man, he failed to stop at a stop sign which resulted in an accident . The car is a write off and he was also over the limit for alcohol." I wonder if they let him catch his plane ?

They spoke very good English.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

They spoke very good English.

Or @gavroche spoke good whatever

 

[Sharky]

Considering the history of Carcassonne, jumping a Stop sign seems a little trivial.

 

[gavroche]

They spoke very good English.

I speak very good French.

 

[Dirk]

I speak very good French.

I know.

 

[Drago]

Sacre bleu!

 

[srw]

I wonder if they let him catch his plane ?

Why wouldn't they? They know who he is, the insurance will cover the car, and for the moment at least we have a functional European extradition system.

I wouldn't expect the UK police to hold a traffic miscreant in custody if there was no injury. I wouldn't expect the Gemdarmerie to do different. The fact they brought him to the airport means they've taken the easy option of encouraging him to leave the country PDQ.