Originally Posted by i0540
Can you describe what happened?
Legalities aside, IMC is the same in the UK as France etc. There is no obvious reason why you should get killed in France (e.g.) and not doing the same thing in the UK.
I would not suggest somebody embarking on an obviously illegal flight, on the basis of the IMCR, but that is a different line to saying that somebody might get killed when using the privilege abroad.
In brief, on a flight from the UK to Holland, the knowledge that I was flying illegally once in dutch airspace compromised my decision-making & I then concentrated on trying to cover up what I had done when I should have been asking for help. The knowledge that I could be prosecuted for my actions definitely compounded my earlier bad judgement.