Hi.
I have today picked up a signed for delivery letter from the Municipal Police in Verona, in Italy. It's a Violation report dating back to a contravention on 9th Sep 2017.
The Violation documentation makes it clear that Avis the hire car company has provided the Municipal Police with my information.
I was in Verona with a German hire car. The violation report states that i 'Occupied Lane Dedicated to Public Transport' and a fee of Euro 81.90 is due.
Having logged on to the Internet site for payments there is indeed a picture of the rear of my hire cart, in some sort of what appears to be a bus lane. From memory, at the time of the violation,
there was some very heavy rain. I cannot dispute if I was in the bus lane, obviously I was unaware of this probably due to lack of signage,
non knowledge of the applicable signage or even the amount of rain/reduced visibility.
The original violation was 9/9/2017. I have received nothing in the mean time and this registered letter is the first time I have been informed about the violation.
The violation report states there is a 'reopening date for notification deadlines: 10/11/2018'.
This gives me staggered days to appeal, by the looks of things, with the fine increasing from Euro 81.90, to Euro 106.20 to EURO 188.20.
So the questions are,
- why have I not heard anything about this violation up until today the 7/01/2019?
- it is dated the 9/9/2017. Is it still enforceable?
- seeing the picture provided as evidence is a dark picture showing the rear of my hire vehicle, it does not show me driving it. In fact it is pretty nondescript and could have been taken anywhere at any time.
Does anyone have any advice?
thanks in advance.
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The online payment portal states...
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I am guessing the 5 day counter for reduced amount starts as soon as they have seen me log-in/or checked that I have signed for their signed for letter.