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Lucy answered in one of your questions that Italian speeding fines on Uk residents in a hire car are payable on a "goodwill" basis or after a case is brought in a UK civil court. In addition they are...
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I recently (July 2010) received a fine for driving in a restricted area of Florence when on holiday there in September 2007. Given the time lag and the fact that it is a foreign country I am uncertain...
I have just received a notification of a traffic offence in Florence on 14 August 2007. Is it correct that according to Italian law I have to be notified within 360 days? If not, this has got to be a record!
During a holiday in Italy in June 2009 it would appear I strayed into a bus lane, and have received a summons and a fine of 109 Euros. If I don't pay by 20 June 2010, it increases to 183 Euros. As I will...
I have just received a fine in the post from the municipality of PISA, for an alleged infringement of circulating in a restricted traffic zone without authorisation. The date of the offence was 12 Aug...
In 2009 we travelled to Tropea in Italy. Now, 6 months later, we have received a parking fine, that we cannot understand as it is in Italian. We do have a cover page listing an IBAN transfer number that...
Whilst on holiday last year in Sardinia I hired a couple of scooters on two separate days, from a hire company in Alghero. Last week I received a summons (all in English) from the Comando di Polizia Municipale,...
I read your letter from P.V., Trowbridge with renewed hope. We were sent a ticket by the Pisa Municipale well after a year had passed since we were there. A friend's daughter helped us write a letter to...
In May 2008 I was on holiday in Florence Italy and hired a motor car from Avis. I picked up the car in Florence and before leaving the depot asked Avis staff for directions to Sienna. Some 6 months later...
 

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