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I thought our tickets for Assen MotoGP arrived today. However, despite the letter clearly coming from Netherlands, it was in fact a speeding fine from Spain!
The date of the offence was 15th June 2018 (when we were indeed in or around Barcelona, hurrying to get to Free Practice to the Catalan MotoGP), date of "initiation of the procedure" was 5th December 2018. Date of letter is 22nd January 2019. 111km/h in a 90 km/h limit apparently. Seems entirely feasible.
My surprise is how long it has taken for them to send it out. I believe in the UK the police have to send the NIP within 14 days of the offence. A very quick Google search suggests other EU countries have varying timescales - 3 months in Germany, up to 360 days in Italy - but I can't find the specifics for Spain. Does anyone know?
Anyway, I have paid the E50 fine as I doubt I'd get away with it and it goes up to E100 if you don't pay it promptly. As I hope and expect to return to Spain, and on the same bike, it seems worth it to avoid any potential problems next time.
So the point is this - if you've been to Spain, you can't relax about possible speeding fines until many months later!
The date of the offence was 15th June 2018 (when we were indeed in or around Barcelona, hurrying to get to Free Practice to the Catalan MotoGP), date of "initiation of the procedure" was 5th December 2018. Date of letter is 22nd January 2019. 111km/h in a 90 km/h limit apparently. Seems entirely feasible.
My surprise is how long it has taken for them to send it out. I believe in the UK the police have to send the NIP within 14 days of the offence. A very quick Google search suggests other EU countries have varying timescales - 3 months in Germany, up to 360 days in Italy - but I can't find the specifics for Spain. Does anyone know?
Anyway, I have paid the E50 fine as I doubt I'd get away with it and it goes up to E100 if you don't pay it promptly. As I hope and expect to return to Spain, and on the same bike, it seems worth it to avoid any potential problems next time.
So the point is this - if you've been to Spain, you can't relax about possible speeding fines until many months later!