Fine in Pisa - What happens if don't pay?

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

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haha, how fast do you reckon the Ferraris can drive in the centre of Pisa Frank?

How do you do that in Pisa?
You might knock over the Tower with your sonic boom.

Not Sure but depending of the what the direction the ferrari's are driving and if in tandem on both sides of the tower. They will either straighten it uo or knock it over.

[CarolF Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close CarolF]

Yes I am, for all overseas purchases. Since they removed the benefit of withdrawing cash without a foreign exchange fee, we've opened up a Citibank transaction account that lets us withdraw cash overseas without any fees whatsoever.

Thanks for the reminder , I've been meaning to open one for a while.

[jerrry94087 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jerrry94087]

I made a trip to Italy in 2012, rented a car there, and after the trip got 3 or 4 fine notices in mail, one of them also from Pisa. All for driving in the center of town without the permit. There is an obscure and small sign that they have in Italy, limiting traffic in the city center. Tourists usually don't know about it and get caught.

First, the rental car company charged my card $75 for "providing DL information to government on request". I quickly changed the card number after the first charge to avoid further charges. And fines themselves were in hundreds. I never paid any of them. They kept sending papers many times, over and over again. So I had to return the letters several times with "No such person/Wrong address" written on them to get rid of them.

So far nothing happened. I doubt anything will ever happen. So I would say don't pay.

I also heard bad things about the same rental car company there "Sicily by car". They charge exorbitant fees for all possible reasons (like in my case), and if you are foreign, they would even go as far as sending the forged papers to the credit card company in support of the fraudulent charges. Avoid them if you ever go to Italy.

[Sydney Contributor - Bronze Find all posts View Profile Close Sydney]

Thanks Jerry. I cancelled our credit card number based on yours and Carolinian's advice. A new number was issued. Didn't realise it was so easy to do. So we should not be receiving any unexpected charges.