Receiving a speeding fine (via camera) in Poland with a British licence

Hey guys!

I have a question, a couple of weeks ago I got caught speeding by one of them cameras which gets a very good face shot. I was driving my father in law's car, which is of course is registered in Poland.

Now here's the situation!

I have a British licence and my picture expires in a week, I've applied for a Polish licence (3 weeks ago) for which they are awaiting for conformation from the DVLA. There is no one to take the fine as no one looks remotely similar to me.

So what to do? Can I take the points on my British licence? Will there be a problem with having British Documents? It is possible for them to stop my licence application in such a situation?

Any advice would be great!

Ajb

Are you in Poland NOW.

It's actually muuuuch easier than that - because in Poland, the points are linked to the PESEL, rather than the licence - just go to the police station, own up and they'll deal with it there and then. How the hell did you manage to get caught by a camera in Poland, though? I mean, the big blue signs... :P

Shouldn't be a problem with the licence - the only issue is that the police might want to see the original licence. Actually - thinking about it - you might get an extra 50PLN fine if you aren't able to produce the licence. But - that, I'm really not sure about - there must be something allowing you to drive while in the process of exchanging a licence?

(bastard though - if you hadn't been in the process of exchanging the licence, your father-in-law could just blame some random "Christopher Bradbury" from the UK)

Sadly those are not in front of all cameras in every region....

Yep i sure am!


Ahahaha i was thinking that but i doubt he has a massive beard :)


Yes it was one of them thin grey "poles" not far from £eba dammit

The above is the correct advice, they are not interested in the points from a foreigner, they want the money for the fine. They will have sent the owner of the car a mandate, there will be a telephone number on there, phone them up, explain you are the guilty party and you are a Brit, they will ask you to come down and pay the fine. Normally that is the end of.

Brilliant! I will get him to sort it out! Thanks guys :)

Merged: Speeding Ticket from Speed Camera

Soooo, I got a speeding ticket from one of those speed cameras (first one in my life) and all the paperwork has come in but it is all in Polish. Also I have a UK license not Polish so how do I handle this? I have been fined 100PLN + 4 Points but Polish licenses are different to English licenses (you get more points from what I understand) so how does this work?

Any help appreciated.

You cannot get points on your UK licence, end of

Yes. Put it on the "pending" pile and forget about it - and get on with real life and its myriad little ups and downs.

Honestly.

Were you driving a car on Polish plates?, do you have a registered address in Poland?.

I have never known a Polish speeding ticket got to a uk address for a car on uk plates.

Pay the fine and don't worry about the points. Your points will be filed against your NIP number but they can't be added to your British licence.

Yes the car is on Polish plates and yes I have a registered address here (in fact the car is registered to me). I was told I don't need to get a Polish license as my English one is sufficient. So I just fill in the paperwork and send it off? I don't have NIP only PESEL.

Best pay the fine , they can't add points to your British licence, I am not sure about the NIP situation.

Not "end of". He now has a 'ghost licence' created, which has 4 points on it.


Yup, just send it off. They'll link the points to your PESEL (in fact, everyone has points linked to their PESEL or ID number in the absence of a PESEL) and that's that. You've got 24 points a year to play with, so no stress.

Not "end of". He now has a 'ghost licence' created, which has 4 points on it.

Which means basically he cant get points.

No. He gets 24 points in Poland, they will take his licence and return it to the UK with the information that he's been banned from driving in Poland. He'll then be subject to the Polish rules surrounding regaining his licence - or he can recover his UK licence which is now banned from being used on Polish roads.

Not what I was told by the police themselves. THey told me they have no power to touch a UK license. Their words not mine

Sorry? Don't understand.

Basically, if they confiscate your licence (because you've lost it under the Polish rules) - they take it off you and send it back to the UK (or the Embassy, I forget which...) with a note that you've been banned from driving in Poland. You can obviously ask for it back, but the ban still applies and they've got a record of it.

So if you want to drive again in Poland, you need to unban yourself - which means doing a Polish driving test or whatever the rules require you to do.

Sorry, my mistake: I meant to write PESEL (I personally have a NIP instead of a PESEL, perhaps you can guess why).

Thanks for the help everyone, it is very reassuring. I wish there was some way to get them to provide english copies of documents like these.

I think that would be ILLEGAL under EU rules Delph. Once you've served your ban, your licence would be returned to you> doesn't matter if it's from Timbuktu.

Anyway, if anybody should be banned permanently, then it's half the population of Katowice. I returned for the holiday and I had forgotten what plebs they are on the roads:(

Maybe Poland needs more speeding cameras / police

Dougpo you were lucky

Dangerous Easter on Polish roads

Eighteen people were killed and 179 were injured in 142 road accidents across Poland on Good Friday and Easter Saturday, a time when Poles traditionally head off for family gatherings.

detained 510 drink-drivers over the two days.

- See more at: thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/246360,Dangerous-Easter-on-Polish-roads#sthash.sRbeokJk.dpuf

Well, it isn't as if UK authorities make documents available in Polish. Oh, wait a minute....

Depending on how highly you value your time, you could just walk into the nearest police station and ask them to translate the documents; eventually they will provide an interpreter.


Under UK law not if the ban is more than eight weeks; if it's more than 8 weeks, you have to apply for your licence to be re-instated. And you can also be ordered to retake your test after your ban expires.

Yes - nothing new there - but if you read the law on retaking the test, it applies to wilful disobedience, such as causing a serious accident by dangerous driving, or being well over the drink drive limit.

Neither of which we can hope would apply here.

Is there any official website which we can check if there is a penalty on our car ( registration number on plate number ) ?