Italian car park fine

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We are in North Italy close to Lake Garda. Wildcamping is quite challenging around here so we are in a campsite for three nights.

Today we parked our CV and our daughter's MH in a car park to go climbing - them not us. We payed the correct amount for the time we stayed, were parked within the boxes and there were no restriction signs. When we returned we both had parking ticket, issued by 'Polizia Locale Interecomunale'. Don't know what we did wrong. The car park had a sign with a picture of a car. We were not cars but there were four non MH/CV vans in the car park and these did not have tickets. So a bit of a mystery.

So the question is should we pay the fine? If we were leaving Italy with no plans to come back in the near future I would be inclined to ignore the fine. But we will go to Slovenia and later travel back through Italy. I don't know how connected the various parts of the Italian police are and whether we might get pulled over in another part of the country for the non payment of a fine - so I am inclined to pay the fine to avoid bigger problems later.

Any thoughts?



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Canalsman said:
For the amount involved and given that you were in the wrong...

Just pay.
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That is our consensus, especially as the ticket was issued by the police and we get 30% discount if paid within 5 days.

Still not totally sure why we were in the wrong but will keep an eye out for the car symbol at car parks and other signs we don't get in the UK. Then it will be different when we move to another country!
 
I'd go see the police and sort it out, a minor price but you do need to know what you have it to avoid a future "fine".
 
Pudsey Bear said:
I'd go see the police and sort it out, a minor price but you do need to know what you have it to avoid a future "fine".
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Seems to me Kev that there is not much to sort out. It would be more clear if the sign had a Motorhome/Caravan motif with a red line through it but I guess it's just the way they do it over there so a car motif means only cars are allowed to park there.

I think that the confusion in this case is caused by the fact that there were ordinary vans parked which are not cars but didn't seem to attract tickets for some reason. Perhaps they were council workers vans?
 
Robmac said:
Seems to me Kev that there is not much to sort out. It would be more clear if the sign had a Motorhome/Caravan motif with a red line through it but I guess it's just the way they do it over there so a car motif means only cars are allowed to park there.

I think that the confusion in this case is caused by the fact that there were ordinary vans parked which are not cars but didn't seem to attract tickets for some reason. Perhaps they were council workers vans?
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Or maybe they were parked in an area that wasn't cars only.

Without access to the car park and all the signage it seems to me that ...
1) A Policeman who speaks the language and knows the rules says you were parked incorrectly
2) Kev doesn't speak the language, doesn't know the rules and didn't see any signs that allowed or disallowed him to park a MoHo.

Conclusion - pay up and carry on.
 
r4dent said:
Or maybe they were parked in an area that wasn't cars only.

Without access to the car park and all the signage it seems to me that ...
1) A Policeman who speaks the language and knows the rules says you were parked incorrectly
2) Kev doesn't speak the language, doesn't know the rules and didn't see any signs that allowed or disallowed him to park a MoHo.

Conclusion - pay up and carry on.
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Add to the fact that Kev's a blithering idiot as well.

(No offence Kev) :LOL:
 
Pudsey Bear said:
I'd go see the police and sort it out, a minor price but you do need to know what you have it to avoid a future "fine".
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Friend has family in Italy . His cousin got fined for a traffic incident in Milan . He had never been to Milan .
Went to local police . Pay fine or else !
Its the Italian way
 
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