traffic sanctions in different european countries for foreigners

Yes, fines are a bit crazy in Belgium...
It's better not to get caught!

Remember I got a ticket with the rented F355 Spider last summer...
Luckily NOT for speeding, although I got away with it safely a few times... Joren, Bert, remember the last fast tunnel we took in Brussels that night? That was a real close one... Luckily they couldn't register the speed or follow us... Pfeuw!

No, I got a ticket in the city of Antwerp the first night... Had to pay 50euro for honking the Ferrari-horn!!!
Ok, the amount of money wasn't a big deal, even cheaper than a fuel fill up... but still... stupid waiste of money for some jealous cops!

 

50 euro for honking the horn??????

 

Indeed! Crazy isn't it?
Guess those cops were a bit frustrated?
My first ticket with a Ferrari... I kept it as a souvenir

 

I wish you it is the last!! No tickets with YOUR Ferrari (I am still vergin in that sense!!!)

 

you lucky guy, you!

 

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease, lets go back topic.
I dont want to talk about or think about how much I have spent for tickets, fine & tips in 2004

 

Ferrari speed tickets?? No.........still a virgin!!

But please don't talk about the tickets I got with Alfa's and Volkswagens

 

Can somebody post the Dutch speeding fines?

 

the schengen treaty says (reduced to one sentence), that the member states provide legal enforcement assistance to each other, but the offendant may not be punished more than when his offence would have happened in his home country. this is only valid for fines, not for prison sentences and revocals of licenses.

so it would be cool to have a list of rules and sanctions for each country.

another topic is the revocal of licenses. this is regulated in a EU treaty dated 1998, but i don't know how many countries already have ratified it. this needs further investigations.

and of course, there are still bilateral treaties between several countries.

 

Do you really want to know? If you think the Belgian fines are high....

km/h - euro
0-10 - 30
11-15 - 45
16-20 - 70
21-25 - 100
26-30 - 125
31-35 - 205
36-40 - 240
41-45 - 270
46-50 - 300
51-55 - 365
56-60 - 420
61-65 - 465
66-69 - 520
>69 normally you will be prosecuted and the judge will decide, but I don't know what will happen to foreigners. I think the police officer will speak to the prosecutor, who will then decide what the fine is going to be. You can rest assure it's going to be quite an onslaught on your wallet!

Note that the fines around here will be higher when you speed at a section of road where there's a restriction because of roadworks.

km/h - euro
0-10 - 55
11-15 - 90
16-20 - 115
21-25 - 145
26-30 - 170
31-35 - 225
36-40 - 255
41-45 - 280
46-50 - 325
51-55 - 390
56-60 - 455
61-65 - 520
66-69 - 550
> 69 same as above

When you bring your Fcar to the Netherlands, make sure you bring a lot of cash as well, because I think that's the only payment the police accept.

 

No Roland,

They drive with you to a bank if necessary!

 

Unfortunately here is an example that I received today.
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Thanks Eugenio, I hope so too...
By the time I buy a Ferrari, fines will probably be even higher than today!

Mail like that is never welcome... but I guess we'll all receive one of those every now and then... or sooner or later...

I noticed that you have to pay 55 euro for going 144 in a 120 zone... but the info in Roland's post says, a "violation" like that should cost you 100?
Or is it cheaper in this case because the car is registrated in Belgium and your handled as a "foreigner"?

Note that the same situation would have cost 175 in Belgium...

 

I think that prices have gone up!

 

before any of you complains, wait till i have the time to publish the swiss figures!

 

...I remember
Swiss is without any doubt in the top-ten!

 

ok, here we go (all figures in CHF, 1 CHF is approx. 0.66 EUR):

parking fines:

40-120

speeding fines:

1. urban areas (speed limit 50 km/h or less):
+ 1-5 km/h: 40.-
+ 6-10 km/h: 120.-
+ 11-15 km/h: 250.-
more: criminal prosecution, fine depending on income, revocal of license

2. country side (speed limit 80 km/h or less) and special roads (speed limit 100 km/h):

+ 1-5 km/h: 40.-
+ 6-10 km/h: 100.-
+ 11-15 km/h: 160.-
+ 16-20 km/h: 240.-
more: criminal prosecution, fine depending on income, revocal of license

3. highways (speed limit 120 km/h or less):

+ 1-5 km/h: 20.-
+ 6-10 km/h: 60.-
+ 11-15 km/h: 120.-
+ 16-20 km/h: 180.-
+ 21-25 km/h: 260.-
more: criminal prosecution, fine depending on income, revocal of license

alcohol limit: 0.5 promille (1.1.2005): immediate revocal of license, fine depending on income.

redlight: 250.-, revocal of license

other common mistakes: 100.-

taking over right side:
- urban areas: 140.-
- other areas: revocal of license, fine depending on income.

how's that?!

 

Trevi,
that's looks ...... As Wolgang said definately top 10, wonder who's on number 1.
Jurgen

 

"fine depending on income"

Häää please?????
How the hell do they know what I earn each month??????
Thats way pretty strange

 

Trevi,
you mentioned : other commom mistakes:
here are a couple examples of 'common' fines from Belgium

Some minimumfines ruled in court
violation, before ,from 1 sept.
Parking on busstop, pedestrian crossing lines, … 50 € 275 €
Car registration paper not in the car 50 € 275 €
Increasing speed while been taken over 50 € 275 €
Abnormal low speed 50 € 275 €
Not following the rules for rally’s 50 € 550 €
Taking over on the right hand side 250 € 550 €
Jurgen

 

for foreigners it's a high estimate if you get caught directly (guess what happens to a ferrari driver!), if it goes to court, it's the income in the tax declaration for swiss people, don't know about foreigners.

 

Jurgen,
whats the deal?
There is a biiiig difference between 50,- and 250,-
Needs to be discussed with the officer on the road???

 

OK tax decleration sounds good
But why the hell is it more expensive for foreigners?????
Thats not cool & friendly!
We are guests/travellers and we bring the cash!

 

The first number was the fine before 01/09/04, the second after 1 september 2004. These are numbers who have already been ruled in court.
Jurgen

 

Thanks, I stay & drive in Germany
Whats up with your economy?
Do they want to field the losts with speed-tickets?