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Overseas fine received advice please

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Range Rover Blues:
I'd echo that, burden of proof etc.  On a different theme I have a mate (no honestly not me, a mate) who is being pursued by the French government for keeping his gran in a home.  The are going to get the money deducted by the tax man if he refuses to pay.

Yoshi:
OK, burden of proof is all good.  What happened to the sentiments of "you do the crime you do the time?".

There are a number of people on this forum who believe that whatever crime you commit you should be locked up, and speeding is a crime, even in another country!

My view, if you were speeding, pay the fine, if you werent speeding then challenge it in accordance with their procedures.

Horness:
There was a scam going around that sounded very similar to this.

I would either call Trading Standards, or take it to your local Police station to check before contacting/paying.
It said something like "the money should be paid into a bank account, or the case will be followed up through UK County Court".

Do a Google for "euro traffic fine scam" and have look to see if anything resembles what you have received.

If you were speeding, then pay the fine, but with so many scams about, I'd check it out first.

Horness

Cassillis:
Okay after reading some of the replies here's some of the information I have. The offence is allegedly where I drove in a restricted street in Pisa and who or whatever saw me was unable to stop me because it would have been a danger to other road users to do so  :roll:

The former could have been true but at no time did I see any enforcement officers or anyone in fact trying to stop me for this alleged heinous offence, so I’m sceptical to say the least on this point. I was only in Pisa for some 4 hours. We landed grabbed the car went to see the campanile and then drove south into the heart of Tuscany itself.

The letter is from Italy and not a UK company and they have traced me through the hire car company I used whilst over there. Statute of limitations in relation to summonses is six months here but I have no idea of the law in relation to these matters in Italy.

I agree with BadgersRover, if I was speeding I would simply pay the fine and have done with it, but this is such a small matter of driving in a restricted street, no danger caused, no obstruction, as I didn’t even park, except in an authorised car park.

 I think it must have been when I got lost around the leaning tower trying to find somewhere to park. I drove down a myriad of small streets at the back of it. If this were the case, why wasn’t I stopped and the offence pointed out? It is quiet in those streets and there would have been no danger to others by police or other enforcement officers stopping a car for a minor traffic infringement.

The whole thing smells of revenue collection to me and I am seriously thinking of shredding the letter and having done with it

BigBlue90:
TUT TUT TUT
snigger! :lol:







On a serious note Send a reply asking for all of the details and evidence. Put the ball in there court and see if they come up with the goods. They may just bin it as not worth the hassle.
Problem comes if you travel to the region on a regular basis. The last thing you want is to be stopped entering or leaving the country.

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