but we went a blistering 23kmph over the speed limit
and I received 4 weeks later yeaterday, wait for it, a 647 Swiss Franc (620 Euro)
penalty notice from the Swiss Police and wait for it again, by registered post.
Well done the Swiss traffic cops and Hertz. Pay up and look pleasant OP and in future make yourself aware of local penalties for breaking the traffic laws.
I've never had a speeding ticket but was asked (at 5:00 am!) to park my rental car so that all the wheels were within the lines of the parking space rather than on one.
Went for a 4 day skiing trip with my son driving from Zurich into Austria
in a Hertz car but we went a blistering 23kmph over the speed limit
and I received 4 weeks later yeaterday, wait for it, a 647 Swiss Franc (620 Euro)
penalty notice from the Swiss Police and wait for it again, by registered post.
I already noticed a 45 euro "admin charge" on my credit card from Hertz for this and assumed
that was the fine and the end of it.
Clearly this is an outrageously extreme amount of money beyond belief really and
wanted to know how do I avoid paying this or appeal and pay
just what you would expect like 70 euro or something.
Note, the letter is German and I can't even read it and a quick google
tells me I can request it to be in English under EU Law.
Obviously I am on this section of the forum to ask any consumer advice with regard to ignoring
this slightly stressful letter and not get extradited to Switzerland for being a bold boy !
Thanks!Well Done! Mathepac. We need more people like you on our roads.
Thanks!
I try to help by reporting speeders, cars parked on footpaths and photographing vehicles illegally in disabled parking bays. I also photograph and report vehicles with "For Sale" signs on the side of the road, those with foreign plates, those which appear to be abandoned. I use in-car video on the move and my phone while on foot. Delighted to help.
One wonders if there's an Ask About Money site in another EU country where they asking what to do with a speeding fine from the Republic of Ireland... I can't imagine out lot are this organized!
The fine is not that height by our standards. Clearly they have you on file for multiple breaches and being 23KM over the limit is meaningless as there is a 7 to 10 KM adjustment so you could have been more like 30KM over the limit. And of course the limit itself has an impact, 30KM in a 60KM zone is far more serious than in say 120KM zone.
Thanks!
I try to help by reporting speeders, cars parked on footpaths and photographing vehicles illegally in disabled parking bays. I also photograph and report vehicles with "For Sale" signs on the side of the road, those with foreign plates, those which appear to be abandoned. I use in-car video on the move and my phone while on foot. Delighted to help.
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