Get tickets abroad
What good times those were when you saw the speed camera on the roadside while on vacation and passed without it batting an eyelash because the foreign nodule back home will no longer harm you could? It is only for a few months now that you have to be startled when you see the speed trap flashing abroad - A new regulation stipulates that the German speedster will now also pay for traffic sins abroad got to. However, as in every regulation, there is one or the other loophole. How do you behave when you get a ticket abroad and which laws apply when you are already back in Germany?
Regulation for speeding tickets from other EU countries
- The new regulation, which allows our foreign tickets to encroach on the domestic market, initially only applies to other EU countries. If you are on holiday on another continent, the speed trap can still keep you in the eye see, because your traffic sins will probably not accompany you back home in Germany from your vacation.
- The regulation that authorities in other European countries also accept all types of fines from an amount of 70 euros Germany was already decided by EU ministers in 2007 and has actually come into force since 2009. For example, because illegal parking is less than this amount in most countries, you as a parking offender must be in the As a rule, do not expect any consequences after a visit abroad - but things are very different with property damage the end.
- If you get a ticket abroad while traveling, you have to pay for it, no matter how pointless the offense seems to you. But even months after your visit abroad, you can still expect mail from foreign authorities in the event of serious violations of the law. How severely your offense is punished depends entirely on the country responsible - offenses that are far from us would be less than 70 euros, are abroad possibly with much higher penalties tied together.
- After you have received mail from a foreign authority, you can in any case lodge an objection - for example in the event that you did not drive the car yourself. In some countries, traffic offenders are only detained with the license plate - such a decision can Do not harm you in Germany because the German regulations clearly identify the driver demand. If you raise an objection in such a case, it must be in writing. If your objection is finally rejected by the foreign authority, the Bonn Federal Office of Justice is responsible for enforcing the foreign fine. Even if you do not file an objection, the office in Germany will decide on the validity of the payment order.
- Remember that you will always collect points when you are abroad. Even violations that have no consequences for you in Germany can cost you your driving license abroad. Every driver in Spain, France and Luxembourg has their own account when they drive through, from which certain points are deducted for each violation. Once you have used up your account, you are no longer allowed to drive within the country. If you violate this law, you will even face imprisonment in countries like Switzerland.
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Loopholes for traffic tickets abroad
- In general, the justifiability in German law applies as a parameter of validity for all tickets that you get abroad. As soon as a regulation from abroad violates national standards within Germany, you are not obliged to pay the foreign ticket. Neither insults in traffic nor violations of owner liability regulations fall under German law and therefore remain unpunished.
- Compensation payments to other participants as well as penalties against young people or Adolescents are imposed must be approved directly by the local court. Usually there is a loophole for Germans here too, so that with a little luck they can get away from their vacation with impunity. Under no circumstances should you simply pay in such a case before the district court has decided.
- Every ticket that is sent to you from abroad must be in a language that you understand. be written in the German mother tongue, otherwise they are ineffective and your claim becomes invalid. So if you receive a Spanish ticket in Spanish, you are not obliged to pay as long as you have not been sent a German translation.
- You can also simply ignore requests from debt collection companies and excessive increases in the penalty due to legal fees or the like. Because the money can only be collected by the Federal Office of Justice, any requests for payment from other companies or offices are invalid and do not need to be observed by you.
In the end, it is advisable to ask a lawyer about the foreign ticket in a specific case or to find out about the regulations abroad at the ACE. In addition, you should simply observe the most basic traffic rules in other EU countries - so nothing can happen to you in case of doubt. And not to mention possible penalties. Far too many accidents happen on the way to vacation or back.
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