Should I pay an Italian parking fine?

[ebxr8240]

Aha better have a head count ?? Lol...

[HLC]

i got a 40 Euro fine in Germany for catching public transport illegally, i didnt have or use a proper ticket once the 5 weeks i was there, and got pulled up for the first time 2 days before leaving. i pleaded dumb tourist who couldnt speak any german, lol i was fluent, but left, didnt pay, never heard anything, thus doesnt exist :

[Duke]

Yes, you should pay it - but use Lira.

[ebxr8240]

I'm getting a 100 Billion dollar note ...
A Zimbabwe note.. Aha sent one of them... Lol....
Only way I'll ever have have that much $$$ lol... 50c AU....

[burnz]

did you get paid to go to italy.
if not should'nt they have pay you then.
maybe you didn't drive on enough foot path's.

[richo77]

Originally Posted by jcxr

Heck, I just remembered, I didnt pay a parking ticket in Tassie 22 years ago

well its lucky your never going back there then hey?

[MethodX]

Yes Pay it,
You had the privilege of seeing Italia.
lol.

[Bigmac]

If it was a hire car then the bill once it has not been paid will be sent to the hire company, they will just process it on your credit card with an administration fee, if the credit card has expired they will send you a bill, when the bill is not paid they will send it to a collection agency.

It could be worse, your wife could have gone crazy on the ponte vechio while you were at the Uffizi gazing at La Nascita di Venere or the very good sort that sun bathes on Ponte alla carraia in a very small bikini and then you would have a very real bill to pay.

[Pinch]

damn, should have paid it. Hertz just charged me E18 as an admin fee to provide a stat dec to the Poliza Municipale in Firenze. So now they will chase me, no doubt with an admin fee of their own, all in Euro and the AUD to Euro exchange rate is now stuffed.

So all in all likely to pay about $200 for a parking fine I guess. I only parked one spot over (in a blue spot instead of white). Now if only someone could tell me how to pay it so I can stop getting admin fees, that would be helpfull!!!! Will send an email to the Polizia asking how to pay and hope they can understand it.

[FGII-XR6]

send a letter explaining the situation as you were a tourist with no italian language skills they may wipe the fine

[SM1DY]

Just play dumb, if they contact you just say "Me-a no speaka engrish"

I got fined in Malysia for chewing gum (that's right, chewing gum), far be it from me why i got done until the intense hand gestures of the authority figure cleared it for me.

Came home 3 weeks later and haven't given it a second thought since, just ignored it and moved on. But then again, they couldn't track me down.

[sgt_doofey]

Gee, they must be more efficient in Florence than in Perugia as I still haven't heard anything about my fine back in October last year. One more month until the credit card expires...

[TOASTED]

draw them a pic of a spider, just make sure you get it back and auction it off.

[sgt_doofey]

Originally Posted by Pinch

damn, should have paid it. Hertz just charged me E18 as an admin fee to provide a stat dec to the Poliza Municipale in Firenze. So now they will chase me, no doubt with an admin fee of their own, all in Euro and the AUD to Euro exchange rate is now stuffed.

I wouldn't worry too much. I paid an E11 admin fee to Thrifty myself ages ago. I received a copy of a fax all written in Italian which looked like a copy of a fine. My understanding of the letter I got was it is an admin fee to pass on the customer details to the authorities. I haven't heard anything since and that was getting close to 12 months ago now.

[Pinch]

Originally Posted by sgt_doofey

I wouldn't worry too much. I paid an E11 admin fee to Thrifty myself ages ago. I received a copy of a fax all written in Italian which looked like a copy of a fine. My understanding of the letter I got was it is an admin fee to pass on the customer details to the authorities. I haven't heard anything since and that was getting close to 12 months ago now.

You must have been lucky, I just got a final notice to pay today. At least they gave all the details in English and have a pretty decent website with individual login and password as advised in the letter to pay via credit card.

Just cost me AU$111 (plus the AU$ 34 for the Hertz fee, plus E12 (AU$20) I fed the meter for the parking space adjacent to the resident spot I was in).

$165...should have just got a taxi!

Damn those northern Italian's having their act together!

[fordomatic]

hahahahaha unlucky, wouldnt think they would chase it up.

[_CRUZ_]

if u ask u asked for a reason, youll feel giulty not paying it and have nightmares n that prolly.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by 3XX

if u ask u asked for a reason, youll feel giulty not paying it and have nightmares n that prolly.

AH!... someone else who has a very faint grip on the English language.

[Stattic]

Originally Posted by aussiblue

Don't worry be happy but remember Nick and Tonio may be around later in their Black Chrysler 300C and wearing black suits, white ties and dark sunnnies to play you a little tune on their .45 calibre violins.

im italian and ive never met an italian named Nick, plenty of greeks tho =P
also tonio is new to me too haha, im just messing around tho im a bit bored

[aussiblue]

TONIO: Italian nickname for Antonio and there a number of Tonio's Italian restaurants in various parts of the world.

Nic Italian nickname for any of the following:

DOMENICO: Italian form of English Dominic, meaning "belongs to the lord."
NICCOLO (Niccolò): Italian form of Nicholas, meaning "victory of the people."
NICO: Nickname for Italian Niccolò, meaning "victory of the people."
NICODEMO: Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Latin Nicodemus, meaning "victory of the people."
NICOLA: Italian form of Nicholas, meaning "victory of the people."
NICOLO (Nicolò): Variant of Italian Niccolò, meaning "victory of the people."
NICOMEDO: Italian form of Greek Nikomedes, meaning "victory-scheme."
NICOSTRATO: Italian form of Greek Nikostratos, meaning "victory-army."

Regards Rossco

[Keepleft]

Pay the thing, you earn't it afterall. *

EU becomes more effective at chasing fine debt inter-jurisdictionally, not in a disimilar way to AUS.

* = Had AUS, when it signed the "UN Convention on Road Traffic" back in 49' (Gazz53), had then ALSO contracted the then optional "Road Signs & Signals" portion, would have meant you'd be 'native familiar' with all international road traffic signs and road markings.

But no, we opted out to create our own unique road signs and markings, but do have some internationalised permissible versions, eg 'speed' restriction.

NZ, even Fiji use more international signs and roadmarkings than us, and yet we have the temerity to advocate NZ use 'our' unique in the world AS/NZ system? Yikes.

Practical example; Australia's 'R4-12' END speed-limit sign that looks nothing like the UN/International version catalogued as C, 17(b). Each falls back to a rural default in legal meaning.

Know the rules, grab a copy from AAA the leaflet 'Overseas Motoring'.

[Pinch]

I just forgot that white lines meant resident parking, and blue lines were for meter parking! Which, as you say KeepLeft, is the opposite here. Coloured line parking spots usually indicate more of a restriction than white ones. Confounding the issue was the parking meter was in front of my car space, not the blue ones! I wonder how many get caught by that!

I admit I didn't really even notice the white v blue lines, just parked in front of the meter. At AU$165 I will check the lines next time!

[Stattic]

Originally Posted by aussiblue

TONIO: Italian nickname for Antonio and there a number of Tonio's Italian restaurants in various parts of the world.

Nic Italian nickname for any of the following:

DOMENICO: Italian form of English Dominic, meaning "belongs to the lord."
NICCOLO (Niccolò): Italian form of Nicholas, meaning "victory of the people."
NICO: Nickname for Italian Niccolò, meaning "victory of the people."
NICODEMO: Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Latin Nicodemus, meaning "victory of the people."
NICOLA: Italian form of Nicholas, meaning "victory of the people."
NICOLO (Nicolò): Variant of Italian Niccolò, meaning "victory of the people."
NICOMEDO: Italian form of Greek Nikomedes, meaning "victory-scheme."
NICOSTRATO: Italian form of Greek Nikostratos, meaning "victory-army."

Regards Rossco

ive still never known of one =P didnt say it didnt exist i just thought they were funny names to put as stereotypical italian names
what ever happened to fabio, mario, luigi, alberto and francesco? :

[_CRUZ_]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

AH!... someone else who has a very faint grip on the English language.

wat eva pal :P

Pay the fine matey you will feel better about it then.

[Pinch]

Originally Posted by _CRUZ_

wat eva pal :P

Pay the fine matey you will feel better about it then.

Definitely paid! I absolutley LOVE Italy and want to go back. The last thing I want after a 30hr flight is to stand in the 1.5hr line at Fiumucino only to be told that there is some restriction on my entry to the country, and to get on the first plane back as I havent paid some crappy E50 parking fine!

[NGN 351]

If you ever want to go back to Italy pay the fine. If you dont and it's registered they could arrest you at the border for non payment of fines. This happens in the good ol U.S. of A. For $60 I personally would just pay it so if you ever go there again you dont ahve to worry.

[schnoods]

I wouldnt worrry about it, unless you cant sleep at night.

[Geez Louise]

Originally Posted by Stattic

ive still never known of one =P didnt say it didnt exist i just thought they were funny names to put as stereotypical italian names
what ever happened to fabio, mario, luigi, alberto and francesco? :

Being of Italian decent...I have never met a Rossco! I do know a Fabio, Mario, Alberto and Francesco though.. : All cousins!!

Glad you paid the fine Not worth having a dead horse head put in ya bed! I seriously doubt they would chase you for it. I heard after 3 years all international fines are no longer valid...could be misinformed and happy to be corrected

[Stattic]

Originally Posted by Geez Louise

Being of Italian decent...I have never met a Rossco! I do know a Fabio, Mario, Alberto and Francesco though.. : All cousins!!

im also of italian descent and the only rossco i ever met was aboriginal =P

[aussiblue]

Rosco Oz = One Oz nickname for Rosario ( and I know an Italian Rosario who calls himself variously Ross and Rosco).

I'm not of Italian origins although I do have Italian relatives and know several Italian Nic(k) s and two Italian Tonios. My name is Ross and my Italian relatives call me Rosco hence that sign off.