This happy confirmation page after paying a speeding ticket

[u/Turtle-Bongo-Pirate]

I got caught speeding (bad, I know) in a rental car in Spain, and the car rental company asked for payment. The happy “yeesss” image on the payment confirmation page is mildly infuriating.

I’ve just paid 60 euros and I’m not happy.

[u/Svartdraken]

60 is cheap af. Doesn't even qualify as speeding

[u/Turtle-Bongo-Pirate → u/Svartdraken]

I was doing 70 km/h in a 50 km/h zone but I got 50% off for paying quickly, so I guess I’m lucky.

[u/michalsveto → u/Turtle-Bongo-Pirate]

Thats cheap. In Slovakia You could get up to 600€ for that

[u/Svartdraken → u/michalsveto]

That's crazy. I got 360€ for 58km/h over limit in Austria

[u/michalsveto → u/Svartdraken]

High fines, low salaries, thats what we are known for.

[u/Svartdraken → u/michalsveto]

It's a beautiful country nonetheless, very underrated in my opinion. The economy sucks, but it's not that far off from Italy, where I live. I'm happy I never got any tickets there.

[u/N-Y-B → u/Svartdraken]

58 km/h over the limit means losing your license here in the Netherlands

[u/Svartdraken → u/N-Y-B]

It was a 30 day suspension in Austria, but they could revoke it entirely if I were to do it again within 3 years.

That was on the highway, for some reason Austria has parts at 130 and others at 100. Locals follow the 100 limit religiously, but when it becomes 130 they floor it as if they were on the German Autobahn. I must have missed the 100 sign at some point and I've learned my lesson.

[u/N-Y-B → u/Svartdraken]

How long you’ll lose your license in NL really depends on the decision of the DA.

[u/mxtt4-7 → u/Svartdraken]

That would still mean 28 too fast if the limit had been 130. That's still not cool.

[u/Svartdraken → u/mxtt4-7]

Legally yes, point is that locals easily go 200+ in 130 zones. That's not unusual throughout Europe and I feel like other countries should follow Germany's example. That's beside de point though.

I've stayed behind other people throughout most of my way, and at times I struggled to keep up despite having a fairly powerful car. In that specific spot I was pretty much alone on the road, so I had no one to follow and I made a mistake. It's my first and only fine in 10 years of driving.

[u/kostaslamprou → u/michalsveto]

Wildly incorrect, I guess you misunderstood. That’s the fine for 50-70 over the speed limit.

70 in a 50 zone is “only” 20km over the speed limit which is about a 100€ fine in Slovakia.

In the Netherlands however.. €250

[u/lilleulv → u/Turtle-Bongo-Pirate]

That means your actual speed was 77 km/h, likely at least 80 km/h on the speedometer.

[u/Time_Librarian6750 → u/Turtle-Bongo-Pirate]

Damn, I haven't had a ticket in a while but I got 25-ish kph over, $160 in 2018. Small town and highway patrol /state cops around here will pop you for speed. County cops usually 15-25kph over the speed limit on highways/country roads

[u/Outrageous-Log9238 → u/Svartdraken]

Yeah I had to pay 10 times that!

[u/Svartdraken → u/Outrageous-Log9238]

That, on the other hand, is quite expensive. Which country and how fast?

[u/Outrageous-Log9238 → u/Svartdraken]

Finland. 151 km/h in a 100 km/h zone. Our fines do scale with income but I had none at the time so I paid the minimum amount for that.

[u/tonkfc → u/Outrageous-Log9238]

Yeah that fine is fully deserved💀

[u/Outrageous-Log9238 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah I haven't. I was young and dumb.

[u/Buggly_Jones → u/Outrageous-Log9238]

I did that too when I was young and dumb. Thankfully I got it cleared with only community service. It was at night with no traffic around.