The Crooked Tower of Pisa?

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Yet another unfortunate driver has found my recent post on how to view Pisa traffic violation photos useful, alas.Having been accused a while back of being part of a scam network, I too have been wondering whether the Pisa limited traffic zone fines are part of a scam.  No, surely not, you may … [Read more...]

Vergin’ on the Ridiculous

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A 20 year old Italian girl has offered to give up her virginity in return for one million Euros.That said girl was one of the contestants from that most vacuous of TV shows in which a group of air heads are kept in a vacuum for a certain length of time is not much of a surprise.Yes, said girl … [Read more...]

How to Make Restricted Traffic Areas Fairer.

Italy has many cities in which ZTLs exist.  These Zone Traffico Limitato areas are designed to prevent thousands of cars clogging up Italy's city centres, and to help reduce pollution levels.  But they are causing major headaches for tourists in Italy.As is evidenced by my fast becoming … [Read more...]

Italy Doesn’t Give a Damn about Tourists

Things are boiling away over in the comments on my post on Speeding and other traffic fines in Italy as a result of yet more motorists being caught out by the Pisa ZTL honey trap.The Guardian online has also written about this issue, and in response to an email I and others sent the newspaper, is … [Read more...]

Business is Revolting in Palermo

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'Don't pay the pizzo man' is the message being sent out to businesses down in sunny Sicily.First medium sized and large businesses started to refuse to pay the Sicilian mafia's informal business tax, know as the 'pizzo'.Reports in many of Italy's national newspapers are giving the impression … [Read more...]