With reference to my e-mail about my alleged Italian traffic violation, I
thought you and your readers might be interested to read this from the Italian Consulate. “According to the Italian Law, a fine to a person resident abroad must be notified within 1 year from the date of the traffic violation which caused the fine. Besides, it must be notified in that person’s language and must contain the indication of a mean of payment form abroad (for instance, the international coordinates, IBAN code, of a bank account where the fined person may pay the fine by international bank transfer). Since the fine you have received does not satisfy the last 2 conditions (it is in Italian and asks you to pay the fine with a postal order you may use only in Post Offices in Italy), I have the pleasure to inform you that you have not to pay anything.”