Speeding fine from Switzerland

[Tpm93]

Hello,

Basically I had been working over in Switzerland last year and decided to drive there from England, so many little hidden cameras all over the place I got flashed alot of times. Today I have just received a speeding fine in the post from November 3rd 2018 asking for £120, this is the message it leaves

'You must pay the disciplinary fine in 30 days, doing so will save you from further procedural costs and no records will be kept from the outside. Without receiving your payment we must instigate official proceedings and pass the file to the responsible public prosecutors office'

Any advice on this what will happen if I don't pay? I think I would pay the one but I have a feeling alot more are going to flood through the door.

[Tpm93]

Won't be paying then

[Tpm93]

So do you think a letter to me is about the most they can do for now? Anyway they can team up with British police and go to court etc?

If it was just the one fine i would pay happily but I can recall over 10 flashes whilst there so don't want to let them know I've had the letter and pay one then not pay the others, might just wait it out and see what else comes

[Tpm93]

Will see how much the fines add up to before I make that decision.

If you've been to Switzerland then you would understand why I had so many, they are hidden all over the place quite sneaky really I went past one that was about 2ft from the floor hidden in a bush

[Tpm93]

Just had the next one through for £250

[Tpm93]

Cooperman said:

If you intend going back in the same car, then best to pay. If not, then you are free to ignore.

How confident are you about that? I've decided I'm never going to return now the next one for 250 has just came through.

This may sound abit ambitious but what if I email them and tell them the car was shared by x amount of people and I can't pinpoint who the driver was. Would it still be my responsibility to pay the fine?

[Tpm93]

Joe5y said:

I've got a not too dissimilar situation with a ticket I've had through from France. Trouble is I know I've been flashed many times. I don't want to open the flood gates!

How much was yours for? And how long did the ticket take to come through?

[Tpm93]

Cooperman said:

It is your choice, but if you never intend going back to Switzerland it might be best to simply ignore the letters. If you respond it will confirm that you actually received them, although, received by you or not, there is no enforcement mechanism they can invoke unless you return there.

Ok mate thanks for clearing that up, do you know how I would be recognised if I did return in the future would it come up with my passport or physically getting stopped in a car?

Edited by Tpm93 on Saturday 16th March 00:01

[Tpm93]

I was in my own car so yeah the DVLA have had my pants down, I think I'm going to wait it out and see what how high the bill comes too if it's not too bad I will pay it to clear my conscience, otherwise fk the Polizei

[Tpm93]

FurtiveFreddy said:

I was looking at £2500-£3000 and that's why I'm not going back there (sung in the style of R. Dean Taylor, naturally).

If it had been £500, I probably would have paid it, but I don't have a pressing need to go there anytime soon and their chocolate is available locally, so fk em.

How long did it take for your 1st letter to your last to come through the door for the fines?

[Tpm93]

FurtiveFreddy said:

Tpm93 said:

How long did it take for your 1st letter to your last to come through the door for the fines?

This was for one alleged speeding incident...

I received 4 or 5 letters over several months.

So did it accumulate to 2500-3000 becuase you didn't pay the inital one? How much was the initial? And what speed

[Tpm93]

Pericoloso said:

Tpm93 said:

How long did it take for your 1st letter to your last to come through the door for the fines?

A post in another thread says that foreign countries sending fines out have up to 12 months to do it.

Yeah some of the other boys I was working with keep getting them months apart randomly turning up at the door

[Tpm93]

FurtiveFreddy said:

Tpm93 said:

So did it accumulate to 2500-3000 becuase you didn't pay the inital one? How much was the initial? And what speed

No, that was going to be the fine I'd have to pay for the speed I did. It wasn't light speed, just probably a bit more than you did!

fk that's some fine