 Driving fines
In July I received a letter from Commune di Roma advising me that we had done a traffic infraction on 7th December 2007!!!! We had apparantly gone into a zone that was only authorised for people with permits?? I duly payed this as they said failure to do so would cos it to go the the European Commision and there would be further charges. I then received another letter again for the same date in Rome for another 113eu. (First one was 109eu. This was from the European Commision. I emailed them back and gave bank statement to show I had paid this, they emailed back and said no that was for another street, this was a different one!!
As we had managed to get lost trying to come out of Rome it is possible that we did drive into 2 unauthorised zones although I don't remember seeing any signs or anything else.
I asked if there was no statute of limitation on this. we are talking nearly 2 years ago.
They replied that they can fine you up to 360 days after the infraction,OR up to 360 days AFTER the car hire company give them your details!!! You can check all the info with the code number they give you for their website, our details were only given to them by the hire company in April this year!!!
So be warned.. We will not be driving in Rome again!!  |