Will an old unpaid traffic ticket be a problem?
Mar 25th, 2016, 11:33 AM
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Will an old unpaid traffic ticket be a problem?
Many months after returning home from my last trip to Italy 10 years ago, I got a mail notice of a ticket for a violation picked up by a camera on one of the autostradas. Unsure of whether it was legitimate I never paid it. I'm planning a September trip and will be renting a car. Will that unpaid "ticket" be a problem?
Mar 25th, 2016, 01:06 PM
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Unless the agency handling your rental car has some sort of connection to the legal system in which the ticket is/or was a part of I somehow doubt this will be an issue. However, there is only one way for you, and if you report back, us, to find out.
A lot of those traffic tickets are linked to systems through which you can pay them on-line but that is now and it probably hadn't even been thought of ten years ago.
A lot of those traffic tickets are linked to systems through which you can pay them on-line but that is now and it probably hadn't even been thought of ten years ago.
Mar 25th, 2016, 02:01 PM
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You'll be hanged by the balls until you confess and pay. Now, if you're a woman, it might be even worse.
Honestly, nobody will bat an eye - even in well organized Germany after 2-3 years it was forgotten/forgiven/erased. Nobody keeps records for so long.
If you want to be extra prudent, rent with another company - but I just say so that you sleep better.
Honestly, nobody will bat an eye - even in well organized Germany after 2-3 years it was forgotten/forgiven/erased. Nobody keeps records for so long.
If you want to be extra prudent, rent with another company - but I just say so that you sleep better.
