06 Mar 2011 2:43 PM:

Thank you Foxbat for this information - this intelligent reply is very useful  - Many Thanks

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06 Mar 2011 1:09 AM:

Peteha you have totally missed the point. I have been driving for 38 years and on average drive 30,000 miles per year. II have NEVER had an accident and find your comment offensive. I was in no way making a joke about speeding, I was asking if anyone has had a similar experience - could a fine of this amount be a mistake? I totally agree with setting low speed limits within residential areas, I also believe that many people drive far too close to the vehicle in front without sufficient braking distance, particularly on motorways. To conclude, I can only imagine that the spanish government have decided to increase fines in order to gain extra revenue. I do not consider that driving at 150 kph on a clear motorway is worthy of such a ridiculously high fine.

Thread: 900 euro speeding fine

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05 Mar 2011 12:00 AM:

I have found out via my digital signature on the trafico website that I have 2 fines on my car from Nov and Dec 2010 of 900 euros each. I have not received a letter and presume a letter has been sent to an old address. I drive from Benahavis to Gibraltar a lot on the motorway but not at huge speeds (maybe 140kmh -150kmh at the most) so if there was to be a fine for those speeds I would imagine it maybe 100 euros or so. Has anybody heard of such a huge fine? Also, recently I had my bank account embargoed and 3 more fines of 372 euros each taken, fines I had no knowledge of until the money was taken. And this was done at 1.30pm on Christmas eve! Has anybody else had similar experiences or had fines of the same amounts?

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