Don't panic Mr Mainwaring .........
Submitted by alan h on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 14:07In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I shouldn't worry too much. I had a similar notification from hertz a couple of years ago [for speeding]. Nothing ever came in terms of a speeding fine. I think the authorities don't want the hassle of trying to fine someone in the UK - they have to do it within 6 months of the offence and send the notice in English, so I think they don't even bother once Hertz have given them a UK address.
Similar thing happened to us
Submitted by bunterboy on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 14:27In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Just a question for Alan, why
Submitted by Angie and Robert on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 16:01In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Just a question for Alan, why should you not pay your speeding fine?, we did, we live in Italy and Robert was rushing our cat to the emergencey vet on New Years day, why should you be exempt from this. ? It really doesnt help when visitors think its clever to evade the law.
This 'disabled entitlement'
Submitted by Fillide on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 17:30In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
This 'disabled entitlement' stuff is very difficult - which is crazy because a "disabled permit" is certainly pan-European - and it should be respected by the enforcement authorities. Unfortunatley, most of the enforcement techniques rely on photographing the number plate, and in the case of a hire car (or an Italian car registered to a foreigner who has a disabled sticker not issued in Italy) then you get 'snapped' and a fine arrives. (If you have got your disabled sticker from the Italian health authority, your number plate gets on an exempt database, which isn't much help if you give a disabled person a lift, even for Italians!.) Clearly in your case you did everything by the book, and I would write a letter (in English) to whoever has issued the notice of the fine, explaining the circumstances. I doubt that you'll get the money back from Hertz though. You have been very unfortunate in getting a parking fine despite showing a disabled permit, more frequently the fine is for driving in a ZTL (when the photographic enforcement is more understandable).
Excuse me ....................
Submitted by alan h on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 18:23In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
"Just a question for Alan, why should you not pay your speeding fine?, .... , why should you be exempt from this. ? It really doesnt help when visitors think its clever to evade the law." Sorry, where did I say you shouldn't pay the fine for speeding? - I just said I never received any notice.
And so you did Alan, now that
Submitted by Angie and Robert on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 03:23In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
the law has changed
Submitted by Ram on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 03:33In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
If you dont get notice of your offence within (I think) 120 days, it is null and void. I got a fine 3 years after the offence, because the police had sent it to the wrong address, so when it arrived it was adorned with much interest further fines. I went to court and had it annulled, though it took 3 hearings because the carabinieri didnt bother to show up for the first 2.