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Pisa’s Misunderstood Leanings

February 3, 2009 by Alex Roe 12 Comments

One of my most visited and commented posts is about traffic violations which those touring sunny Italy by car have collected. If you read the post (link below), and then wade through a few of the comments, you will note that the name of a certain Italian town famed for it's leaning erection, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Speeding fines Tagged With: Pisa, scam, ZTL

Italian Traffic Light Scams

October 5, 2008 by Alex Roe 1 Comment

Recently Italian newspapers have carried details of two fiddles involving supposedly legitimate traffic control systems. Even the UK press has heard about traffic lights which were adjusted to increase income from fines, but how many know about potentially uncertified Italian traffic control … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Speeding fines Tagged With: fines, Pisa, scams

How To Pay Pisa Traffic Violations

September 10, 2008 by Alex Roe 83 Comments

Many have been caught out once, if not twice, by Pisa's poorly signposted honey-trap restricted traffic zone or ZTL/TZV. Seeing as people seem to be having problems understanding just how to pay these fines, and the Pisa authorities are not helping matters since they have not yet got round to … [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Speeding fines Tagged With: fines, how to, Pisa, speed camera, violations, ZTL

Speedy Notification

August 19, 2008 by Alex Roe Leave a Comment

For motorists and motorcyclists unfamiliar with Italian roads, speed limits, and speed cameras, devices like these may help ensure that an unexpected speeding fine does not drop through your letterbox at sometime after your trip round Italy. I was as our local electronics store today in order to … [Read more...]

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Traffic fines

October 8, 2007 by Alex Roe 30 Comments

Back in September 2006 I wrote a post about how to settle those pesky speeding/traffic fines you may end up with either during or after a stay in Italy. I did not imagine that my little post would end up being viewed more than 2500 times and commented on around 100 times, but it has, and this seems … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Speeding fines Tagged With: driving in italy, fines

Speeding in Italy

September 17, 2007 by Alex Roe Leave a Comment

Those very nice people over at La Polizia dello Stato, the Italian State Police, publish a list of where and when they will be carrying out checks on the speed of vehicles. You can find the most up to date .pdf list here, in Italian. Just click on the region that interests you, and be aware that … [Read more...]

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Speeding fines in Italy, again, and Pisa…

January 4, 2007 by Alex Roe 14 Comments

It's official, the article in the Telegraph I read while I was in the UK would seem to indicate that Euro traffic fines will shortly be with us. The same article is available on-line here. Although this change comes into effect in March 2007, as some who have read this blog will have noticed, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Speeding fines Tagged With: driving in italy, Italian, italy holidays, italy tourism, italy travel

Speeding, and other traffic fines in Italy

September 14, 2006 by Alex Roe 1,021 Comments

PLEASE READ THIS: I would like to underline that I do not suggest or condone the non-payment of fines. If I did, I would probably end up in big trouble here in Italy, and seeing as I live, work and have family here, I would like to avoid such a situation. If, by chance, someone has read this … [Read more...]

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