Croatia speeding fine from when I visited 6 months ago

[Prohibiting]

I visited Croatia 6 months ago and today had a very strange looking envelope in my letter box, which got me wondering "wtf is this"?

Anyway... says I was doing 92 km/h on a 50 km/h road, and a fine of 390 euros.... (which is incredibly high)? They have all my details such as full name and house address, and it all looks very official.

I assume I can just bin it, ignore this, and sleep easy? I don't see myself going back because I've been twice already now. I also don't see them flying me to Croatia to put me in a Croatian court room? Lol.

[kiethton]

We, well addressed to my wife, had one for 115 (then rounded down) in a 50 (it wasn't in town/no lights/farmland everywhere so thought was 100) - was apparently a court date we couldn't get to (lockdowns) and initial looks put a fine at ~EUR 3k. This was in July 2020 (we drove to not risk flight cancellations).

We threw the letter in the bin (wasn't recorded/couldn't be proven as served) and haven't heard/seen anything subsequently (but did move in late 2021 and change my wife's registered name/take the private plate off).

Had the same in Germany (but only 20k or so over) and not heard anything about that one either.

Edited by kiethton on Tuesday 4th November 11:39

[cashmax]

Speeding fines in Croatia can be harsh, so that number certainly sounds feasible.

The way I see it there are two options.

1) Want to go back to Croatia - Consider paying the fine, there is low risk (compared to Swiss for example) that you end up on a database of non payers and can be stopped on re-entry.

2) Don't want to go back - Pretty safe to ignore.

[blueg33]

cashmax said:

Speeding fines in Croatia can be harsh, so that number certainly sounds feasible.

The way I see it there are two options.

1) Want to go back to Croatia - Consider paying the fine, there is low risk (compared to Swiss for example) that you end up on a database of non payers and can be stopped on re-entry.

2) Don't want to go back - Pretty safe to ignore.

That was my take when I got a speeding fine in Spain - do I want to go back hassle free - yes - pay fine. Am I never going to Spain again - if so - don't pay the fine.

I paid.

[Sixsixtysix]

blueg33 said:

cashmax said:

Speeding fines in Croatia can be harsh, so that number certainly sounds feasible.

The way I see it there are two options.

1) Want to go back to Croatia - Consider paying the fine, there is low risk (compared to Swiss for example) that you end up on a database of non payers and can be stopped on re-entry.

2) Don't want to go back - Pretty safe to ignore.

That was my take when I got a speeding fine in Spain - do I want to go back hassle free - yes - pay fine. Am I never going to Spain again - if so - don't pay the fine.

I paid.

Spain also exchange information with DVLA so much more risky to ignore, even if you don't want to go back.

[Prohibiting]

It’s in the bin now. If it was 80 euros I’d probably pay it. But over 300 is just ridiculous. They’re doing themselves out of money by trying to fine so high.