beware @ carrfour

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
17/09/2008 08:34

beware @ carrfour they have put a no right turn sighn up it's well before the junction and the police are sat waiting to book you.



To get in you must go to the next turn then do a right and right again.



A tip should you ever be caught and be going to be given a ticket over there show your uk driving licence and tell them before they write the ticket you will sort it out the next time you are in cyprus.......amazing they loose the will to write the ticket and send you on your way.

dalartokat


Joined: 14/04/2008
Posts: 734

Message Posted:
17/09/2008 09:13

So does this mean that you are still driving on a British licence? How do you know this???

come_on_aylin


Joined: 14/06/2008
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
17/09/2008 09:37

Around Christmas last year we got caught by a speed gun in Troodos mountain area. My husband showed his UK licence and we still got issued with a speeding ticket and told we had '50' days to pay. We left it until the New Year, about 3 weeks later and had to pay a 50% fine because it had to be paid within 15 days....obviously we misheard, glad we didn't leave it any later.



Re UK driving licences - we have both Turkish and UK driving licences and show the latter at the crossing point. I believe it has been reported that the GCs at crossing point will not accept a Turkish driving licence from non Turkish Cypriots.

puppylover



Joined: 05/05/2008
Posts: 1427

Message Posted:
17/09/2008 09:57

Both hubby and I have a TRNC driving licence but not a UK one (both were non drivers in UK).



There was an article in the Cyprus today a couple of weeks ago which highlighted a couple who tried to cross the border on their TRNC licence (their Irish driving licence had expired and at that stage had not been remewed).



They were told that mainland turks and cypriots could use their licences to cross the border but not foreigners as they were living "illegally" in the north.

Discrimination or what!

slimboyfat


Joined: 01/05/2008
Posts: 96

Message Posted:
17/09/2008 10:02

Nige,

That sign has been up for months!

PtePike



Joined: 20/05/2008
Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
17/09/2008 13:28

Msg 4 I don't think many mainland Turks are allowed in the south in any circumstances.

ttoli


Joined: 24/03/2007
Posts: 1172

Message Posted:
17/09/2008 13:56

Msg 6. If they are married to an EU passport holder, they can and do

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
17/09/2008 15:36

Afraid have to agree, that sign has been there on the 2 occasions in last 6 months we have been Nigel. Maybe somebody knocked it down when they were turning at some stage!!!!!!

ozankoys


Joined: 20/06/2008
Posts: 905

Message Posted:
17/09/2008 16:10

Our friend was fined 25 euro for making this turn this week! He just followed the traffic as he had not been to this Mall before.

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
17/09/2008 17:19

to those that knew the sign was there sorry I had not seen it, to those that are going and did not know you have been warned.



I thought it best to share. forwarned is forarmed.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
17/09/2008 17:33

The sign certainly turned up somewhat after the road layout clearly indicated that a right turn was not wanted.



As Nige says, now you know they are booking people for the offence it pays to obey the sign and go on to the traffic lights and approach it from the other direction...



Or more in keeping with the Cypriot way of driving (north or south)... go just beyond the turning do a completely unsignalled three point turn and, having caused chaos in your wake, turn left into the turning... what fun.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
18/09/2008 09:55

A blonde woman was turning right into Carrefour in her little red sports car and was pulled over by a woman police officer, who was also a blonde.



The cop asked to see the blonde's driver's license. She dug through her purse and was getting progressively more agitated. "What does it look like?" she finally asked.



The policewoman replied, "It's square and it has your picture on it." The driver finally found a square mirror, looked at it and handed it to the policewoman.



"Here it is," she said.



The blonde officer looked at the mirror, then handed it back saying, "Okay, you can go. I didn't realize you were a cop.

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
18/09/2008 10:01

Superb Groucho - made me laugh out loud whilst eating my muesli!