Can a car rental company charge for a traffic violation?

There is always an additional 20% sales tax (IVA) added to the fine and there can be hefty late fees as well. It is possible that some car rental agreements might allow the rental company to pay the fine and charge your card for the fine, but this is usually not the case – see the example below – and indeed might never be the case.

Do you have to pay a traffic ticket?

Usually, you first receive a charge from the rental car company, a fee for providing info to the police on who was renting/driving the car. That should be a hit on your credit card with which you rented the car. Then sometime later you get a notice of a larger fine for the ticket itself, sometimes with a need for a wire transfer to pay.

How often are traffic tickets issued in Florence Italy?

Every 40 seconds, a motorist in Florence receives a traffic violation according to figures recently released by city officials. Traffic police issue approximately 90 tickets every minute, 1,253 tickets a day.

What happens if you don’t pay a traffic ticket in Italy?

If you don’t pay the collection agency, they won’t likely be able to have that debt enforced in a US court of law, but I don’t know if they will try to report you to a credit agency regardless. The statute of limitations on traffic fines in Italy is 5 years from the day the violation was notified.

Who was the man who signed the visitors log?

Wearing a heavy coat, gloves, and a wool cap, Beckman signed the visitors’ log. With a long, thin face and bleached-blond hair and sideburns, he appeared younger than Gooch had expected. He was also less cordial and more agitated in person, asking Gooch soon after arriving if he could invite a friend along to see the books. She agreed.