howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#2
a bit of an old gripe there howard,on the spot cash fines work much better.ie.if they got dosh in wallet there taken to the nearest cash point,and it works well.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#3
..."Nigel Collor, from Dover District Council, said the authority was owed nearly £45,000 by foreign drivers this financial year.
Almost £33,000 has been paid back, leaving £12,000 outstanding.
He said the authority got the money through a combination of work by Euro Parking Collection, and drivers voluntarily paying the fines."...
Foreign vehicles should be clamped and only released when the fine is paid, I wonder how much Euro Parking Collection made from Dover's collections.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#4
i am pretty certain that would happen in most european countries and clamping would be a good deterrent because of the inconvenience to the vehicle owners as well as the financial penalty.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
#5
In much of the Middle East, illegally parked vehicles are loaded by crane or forklift truck onto a lorry and transported to a police compound. There they are stacked in neat rows until the owners come to claim them. Only problem is, there is no space left between the rows to drive your car out.......
And if you get a speeding ticket or run a red light, you cannot relicense your car, sell it or take it out of the country until all outstanding tickets are paid; this applies to foreign registered cars, too. And in most cases, to settle the tickets you have to go in person to the police office in whatever town you committed the offence.
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