Traffic fine one year later! What to do?
Dec 27th, 2013, 10:16 AM
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If you drove twice through the ZTL control while looking for a parking lot, in other words, went out and back into the ZTL, you committed the offense twice; or should someone who burns red lights consecutively going to the same destination be ticketed only for one violation even if the cameras at each intersection recorded the infraction?
Jul 7th, 2014, 01:01 PM
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i didn't get any moving violations but i did get a fine for not having a validated ticket on the metro in athens! i had one too! in fact i had three and lost the proper ticket! the bureaucrats in charge of handing out the fine apologized and said he'd have to fine me 42 euros. now someone has my weekly ticket and i have a fine! any idea what might happen if i don't pay it? i suppose they could nab me if i tried to get into europe again...i'm wondering if i should call the embassy? seems like a petty matter to be bothering the embassy about!
Oct 5th, 2014, 10:51 AM
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Recently my friend received a copy of letter from January '14 concerning traffic violation (took lane for public transportation only) in Milan. Right now he cannot pay the fine cause there is no login and password (lost by him or those who forwarded it). Maybe, it is written somewhere else in the letter? Who knows how to pay in such case? Tried emo.nivi.it and policedata.it. The latter asking vehicle plague number and "number chronological" - what is this???? Date? number of ticket or number of notifying letter? Thanks in advance. Appreciate real advice.
Oct 13th, 2014, 07:14 AM
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I know exactly what word "plaque" means, as well as "license plate", thank you. The question was mainly about chronological number considering the fact that I tried date in different variations (dd/mm/yyyy; mm/dd/yyyy; dd.mm.yyyy; mm.dd.yyyy; yyyy/mm/dd; yyyy.mm.dd)and even with time (up to seconds) but still site policedata.it shows wrong login message.
And also there was the most important question: how to pay the fine at the site emo.nivi.it, if the login and password sent in notification letter is lost?
And also there was the most important question: how to pay the fine at the site emo.nivi.it, if the login and password sent in notification letter is lost?
Oct 17th, 2014, 12:07 PM
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I've just received my second reminder for an infraction seemingly committed over two years ago 'under the Comune Di Bologna'. I did hire a car at Pisa airport about that time but went no where near Bologna. I would be inclined to pay this fine (which has come through the hire company) - especially as I'm being threatened with debt recovery - except I'm suspicious about the incorrect detail. Has anybody suffered any consequences as a result of not paying?
Mar 30th, 2015, 05:34 PM
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You're being very irresponsible if you don't pay these fines.
They end up in the hands of overseas collection agencies. The Italian authorities will pass them on to a collection agency in your country (USA/UK - whatever) and then you will be chased high and low to pay. Each time you throw your letter away you'll receive another one - with a higher charge. I know this because it happened to a person I travelled with.
You did the wrong thing. Pay up.
They end up in the hands of overseas collection agencies. The Italian authorities will pass them on to a collection agency in your country (USA/UK - whatever) and then you will be chased high and low to pay. Each time you throw your letter away you'll receive another one - with a higher charge. I know this because it happened to a person I travelled with.
You did the wrong thing. Pay up.
Apr 25th, 2016, 05:50 PM
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I just received a "ticket" from an April 2014 from a Trip to Italy, the fine is now 750 Euro and this is the first notice I received. It is currently with a European Collection Agency. The ticket is a parking ticket for parking in a restricted area that was not properly marked. For everyone that says just pay the ticket this one is absolutely ridiculous. I lived in Europe for 6 years and never had an experience like this. I will attempt to contract the authorities but I will not pay then 750 Euro without a fight. I also got a speeding ticket in Switzerland and one in Germany on this trip and I received the tickets timely and paid them timely. I am not going to pay such a large fee for something that is beyond my control (not receiving the ticket timely). In addition there was never a ticket placed on my car, I am not sure if this is even a real ticket and not a scam.
Apr 25th, 2016, 06:04 PM
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If you lived in Europe for six years (when? The 1970s?) you will know that traffic cameras photograph license plates. No one puts tickets on windows any more.
It takes time for the rental car company to send your details through to the authorities who are then meant to contact you. There are avenues of appeal as it has been two years and I would say that is definitely not timely.
It is not a scam and the longer you leave it the higher the fine will go.
It takes time for the rental car company to send your details through to the authorities who are then meant to contact you. There are avenues of appeal as it has been two years and I would say that is definitely not timely.
It is not a scam and the longer you leave it the higher the fine will go.
Apr 25th, 2016, 10:16 PM
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Dear Fodorites, if you are a guest in a country following its laws would be simply a question of good manners. If you do not want to stick with the law, at least do not advertise it. When I see posts like some posts above this, I think that if these are the tourists Italy gets, maybe they are the same people that complain about being charged € 15 for a gelato. And it would be well deserved.
Jan 30th, 2017, 12:03 PM
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@Cathy52 (or other fodorites) did you ever pay and/or travel back to Italy? I received tickets back in 2010 as well, and I am just now getting back to Italy this year (2017). I do not recall if I was automatically charged for the tickets through my rental car company back in 2010. I just put the tickets on my todo list to look into, but they ended up in the trash ... so never found out exactly what they were for, or if i still owed anything. I worry a little now that I am going back to Italy and renting another car.
Jan 30th, 2017, 12:41 PM
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Your rental company never pays your tickets. Why on earth would they do that? They do charge you for the paperwork of digging our your contact address and turning it over to the police. That's usually charged to your credit card.
The rental company probably doesn't know and doesn't care if you paid your ticket. However, some municipalities in Italy eventually turn the fine over to a US collection agency, which might have a negative impact on your credit rating.
The rental company probably doesn't know and doesn't care if you paid your ticket. However, some municipalities in Italy eventually turn the fine over to a US collection agency, which might have a negative impact on your credit rating.
Jan 30th, 2017, 01:32 PM
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We've never gotten a parking ticket on the winshield of the car, and we've had two of them since living here. It's all digital now, with a followup letter in the mail, which you take to the gendarmerie and pay (11€ each time in my case, one of which I thought about disputing because I had a valid disque bleue on the dashboard). Obviously, if you live overseas and are driving a rental car it will take longer for the fine to reach you. Whether or not failing to pay it will comporomise your future rentals in Europe, I don't know.
