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Hi all

This may be an immediate dead end but worth asking the experts.

I was driving an Enterprise rental car from a Swiss branch through France.

Am I right in assuming the whole NtK/NtH and PoFA 2012 doesn't apply to fines from French authorities? As in, I can't just say 'You can't prove it was me', can I?

I've also read that French authorities will just write off a fine for a car with a non-French plate, but I'm not sure I want to take the risk.

The fine is €90 and Enterprise just took their cut (admin fee of 50 Swiss Francs) automatically from my credit card today.

I was approaching a toll booth on the motorway but didn't think about it being a speed controlled zone (probably zoned out for a second) and saw a flash. The ticket stated I was fined with doing 75 kph in a 50 kph.

Any insight would be much appreciated, but I'm prepared to have to pay the fine.

Thanks
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Am I right in assuming the whole NtK/NtH and PoFA 2012 doesn't apply to fines from French authorities? As in, I can't just say 'You can't prove it was me', can I?
At risk of departing slightly from the case in hand, this wouldn't work in England either, schedule 4 of PoFA covers private parking charges, not criminal allegations.
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Thanks DWMB2, I'm here to learn. So your point is well taken 😅
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Quote from: mjlazer on Yesterday at 06:59:35 pm
Hi all

This may be an immediate dead end but worth asking the experts.

I was driving an Enterprise rental car from a Swiss branch through France.

Am I right in assuming the whole NtK/NtH and PoFA 2012 doesn't apply to fines from French authorities? As in, I can't just say 'You can't prove it was me', can I?

I've also read that French authorities will just write off a fine for a car with a non-French plate, but I'm not sure I want to take the risk.

The fine is €90 and Enterprise just took their cut (admin fee of 50 Swiss Francs) automatically from my credit card today.

I was approaching a toll booth on the motorway but didn't think about it being a speed controlled zone (probably zoned out for a second) and saw a flash. The ticket stated I was fined with doing 75 kph in a 50 kph.

Any insight would be much appreciated, but I'm prepared to have to pay the fine.

Thanks

The French will not chase a speeding penalty normally because they cannot obtain a UK registered vehicle keeper's details.  Although France and Switzerland have an agreement on exchange of details for motoring offences if the hirer is a UK licence holder I suspect the hire company just charges their fee, notifies the French and the ticket is written off.
 
If the only paperwork you have is a letter from the hire company and you have not received an 'Avis de Contravention' French speeding ticket in your name you can't pay the fine anyway.
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It might just be that Enterprise will have your UK licence details and address on their hire form and the authorities there will write to you in the UK.Unless you'r planning on going back there soon I doubt you'll hear any more about it as theres no way of chasing foreign debts through the UK courts.

If it's any help, I had an Enterprise hire car in Belgium last year and they advised me I had 2 speeding tickets. but nothing ever received t my home address as the helpful chap in the office somehow took my address down incorrectly from my passport and driving licence! It cost me the €25 admin fee through my credit card. :)
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Bus driving since 1973. My advice, if you have a PSV licence, destroy it when you get to 65 or you'll be forever in demand.
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