Speeding ticket in French

chris1970

just got a speeding letter in french no english- my name is backwards and address is wrong, it was sent the 18/8/2015 so an post did well to find me offence was commited 11/6/15 6km per hour over the limit,110km was doing 116km my sat nav and the 2015 vw touran hire car beg to differ strictly stayed under limit sat nav beeps if you go over, any sugestions what to do french isnt great using google translate and there is a piece to fill out if you have a complaint might just return saying address unknown

biko

Moved out from someone else's old thread


Ii suggest you contact the renter, they will have handled many similar queries I'm sure (they will probably just charge your credit card).

Bandara

biko wrote: »

Moved out from someone else's old thread


Ii suggest you contact the renter, they will have handled many similar queries I'm sure (they will probably just charge your credit card).

Rental company won't charge anything to your card. They won't collect payments for another agency. They will simply pass you personal details onto the agency concerned who will pursue you directly for it.

macplaxton

Bandara wrote: »

Rental company won't charge anything to your card.

Quite the contrary. Whilst they may not pay the fine if it is not their legal position to do so (this may vary territory to territory), they will may happily stick on an "admin fee" for grassing you up.

RAIMEIS

Hello,

Is the speeding ticket issue by the French government or the rental vehicle company?

If it is from the French Gov, put it in the bin, there is nothing they can do to you in Ireland.

If it is coming from the Rental Company, they are entitled to take the money from your Credit Card.
But you won't loose any points, for the simple reason they are applicable only for French driving licence holder AND you must admit to be the driver (You do it so by paying the fine, it is an acknowledgement that you are the driver).

You notice me English is not Shakespearian because I am a frog.

Bandara

macplaxton wrote: »

Quite the contrary. Whilst they may not pay the fine if it is not their legal position to do so (this may vary territory to territory), they will happily stick on an "admin fee" for grassing you up.

Avis in france did nothing on me except for passing my address etc onto the fines agency, they wrote to me (in french) i couldn't understand anything so worte back in english. haven't heard anything back since. That was last Sept and I've been there 3 times since and rented from them etc

macplaxton

Well consider yourself lucky and that the staff handling your paperwork have been kind. I'll take back the "will" above and change it to "may".

http://www.english.avis-int.com/condiciones/condiciones_generales/europa/francia/condicionesfrancia.html

Terms & Conditions. wrote:

Fine Administration Fee: € 35.- per rental, tax included.

As with anything, read the small print. If you don't get charged, then it's a bonus. If you do get charged, don't complain.

Odyssey 2005

What about "loosing" your card and cancelling it,then get a new one from the cc company. That one can't be charged anything.

keithclancy

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

What about "loosing" your card and cancelling it,then get a new one from the cc company. That one can't be charged anything.

Doesn't matter, it's a pre-approved transaction.

Cancelling your card only stops any transactions after you report it lost/stolen.

When you are issued a new card pre-approved stuff can still be made to the old one.

Source: Me .. It happened.

Odyssey 2005

My bad . Didn't realise that. Sorry for the wrong spy O.P

chris1970

French Government issued the 3 sheets of French official paper from what I can tell, the missus is playing the 'pay it what if we go back next year' card my head says bin it