So if you get a traffic ticket in a foreign country does it follow you?
I've been planning some foreign countries and I just wonder if I happen to get a speeding ticket will it have any consequences once I get back home
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Musicman · 61-69, M
No it won't.
SandWitch · 26-30, F
@Musicman
Now that computers have taken over the world leaving nowhere to hide, department of transport computers talk to each other internationally. This now links North America to South America electronically and North America to anywhere in Europe that has indoor plumbing.
What this means is, if you're from the USA visiting Canada and you get a speeding ticket in Canada, the authorities in the USA and your insurance company will know about it before you make it back to your hotel or RV campsite.
If you're visiting the USA from Europe and get a speeding ticket in Florida using a rented car, the authorities in your home country in Europe will know about it the instant the Florida State Trooper presses 'send' on his hand-held ticket machine.
The reason for this is that each country is now responsible for collecting fines incurred in foreign countries from the offender, who pays those fines at the time of his/her license renewal in his home-country, at which point those fines are sent as a bank e-transfer back to the country where the fine was incurred.
Now that computers have taken over the world leaving nowhere to hide, department of transport computers talk to each other internationally. This now links North America to South America electronically and North America to anywhere in Europe that has indoor plumbing.
What this means is, if you're from the USA visiting Canada and you get a speeding ticket in Canada, the authorities in the USA and your insurance company will know about it before you make it back to your hotel or RV campsite.
If you're visiting the USA from Europe and get a speeding ticket in Florida using a rented car, the authorities in your home country in Europe will know about it the instant the Florida State Trooper presses 'send' on his hand-held ticket machine.
The reason for this is that each country is now responsible for collecting fines incurred in foreign countries from the offender, who pays those fines at the time of his/her license renewal in his home-country, at which point those fines are sent as a bank e-transfer back to the country where the fine was incurred.
