Out of Country
Rental car usage
If you have used a rental car then that rental car
company can come after you for the fine plus costs charging your visa. This
case is normally for photo radar and stop sign infractions where a camera
catches the plates of the car. You as the person who signed for the rental
agreement become responsible in their standard agreement that you signed.
If Drivers Licence was taken down as information by officer
If your driver's licence was used on the ticket then
you must be careful and see if that country has any agreements with the country
that you live in to enforce their tickets. An example is that some states in
the U.S.A. have a reciprocal agreement with some provinces in Ontario. See the
links page for information in the area that you may live in by looking under
the ministry of transportation information websites.
France:
Tribunal de police is
where minor traffic ticket offences are heard. You can dispute a charge here
using the same basic principals outlined here in this website. They have a
civil law system like the province of Quebec in Canada.
China:
They have both codified and uncodified rules of the
road. They also have a system of mandatory insurance, demerit point loss and
fines attached to an infraction. Mainly civil law based contrast to Canadas
common law system exception being Quebec.
Poland:
Similar system to North America with speed traps
using radar guns.
Estonia:
They have speed camera enforcement in place.
Sweden:
Interesting article regarding a man in Sweden who
received a really big fine for a speeding ticket..www.autoblog.com/2010/08/13/swedish-man-may-pay-largest-speeding-fine-ever
Great Britain:
Their system is similar to the judicial system in Canada. A defendant may apply the general principals of court that are outlined on this website...