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Sadly, NO. The UK DVLA (Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency) releases registered keeper details to European traffic authorities and the UK courts facilitate them pursuing unpaid fines. Also, if you return to that particular country with outstanding unpaid fines, they can seize the vehicle. Don't get me started on the lunacy of Brexit.
Originally Posted by kj07xk
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Even worse. The Spanish DGT online payment system deducted the payment from my account twice. Fortunately I'd paid by credit card and my bank credited the excess payment.
It's a published scale of charges.
Not unreasonable. Better than Switzerland where speeding fines are based on income and wealth. They can often be in the thousands.
Values and depreciation are frightening but my recent Jaguars have all given enormous pleasure to own and drive. Worth every penny. All Coupes for the reasons I outlined earlier.
The "best" in terms of least trouble was the 2007 XK 4.2 with the 2005 XK8 a close second. My current XK 5.0 has only been costlier because of a breakdown in Spain. A failed injector wouldn't have been difficult or anywhere near as expensive to fix if it had happened at home in England.
My preferred design is also the 2007 XK. This original shape with just the horizontal vents of the later facelift would have been sufficient.
That schedule Graham posted reminded me of when I was a little kid in the 70s after they implemented the National Maximum Speed Law, riding with my parents we passed a giant highway sign somewhere showing a table of the fines for speeding at the various levels over 55mph. I remember that I commented to my dad that they shouldn't have bothered posting the fines because some rich guy in a Jaguar will just put his foot down, laugh and go "Ha, ha, I can afford that!" Some states saw it as a cash cow and set heavy fines, but many states had opposed the law and set minimal fines.
When they (the feds) put in maximum speed law they also mandated the maximum speed shown on the speedometer so that drivers would think (?) they were going faster. Two really smart (?) moves by the U.S. DOT.
When they (the feds) put in maximum speed law they also mandated the maximum speed shown on the speedometer so that drivers would think (?) they were going faster. Two really smart (?) moves by the U.S. DOT.
Effective September 1, 1979, in a FMVSS that also regulated speedometer and odometer accuracy, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) required speedometers to have special emphasis on the number 55 and a maximum speed of 85 mph.
