Guides

• Is this fine, toll or parking letter real? How to check in 2 minutes
  How to tell a genuine foreign toll, traffic fine or parking letter from a scam: senders, official web addresses, payment methods and deadlines for Hungary, Italy, Croatia, Austria, Slovenia, Norway and Germany.
• Got a Hungarian motorway vignette fine (pótdíj)? What it means and what you can do
  Plain-English guide to Hungarian e-vignette surcharge (pótdíj) letters for foreign drivers: amounts, the 60-day rule, plate corrections and complaints.
• Euro Parking Collection (EPC) letter about a Hungarian toll: genuine? what now?
  What a Euro Parking Collection letter about a Hungarian motorway toll means, why the amount is higher, how to dispute it and what evidence EPC asks for.
• Italian ZTL fine as a foreign driver: deadlines, the 360-day rule and appeals
  Plain-English guide for foreign drivers who got an Italian ZTL (restricted traffic zone) fine: amounts, the 360-day notification rule, discounts and appeals.
• Fake Hungarian toll and vignette messages: how to spot them
  How to recognise fake Hungarian motorway toll, vignette and fine messages (SMS and e-mail), and what genuine notices look like.
• Croatian parking claim from a lawyer or collection agency: real? why so much?
  Why a EUR 20 Croatian parking ticket becomes a EUR 300–500 lawyer letter, what courts allowed, the 5-year limit, notary orders (CJEU Pula Parking) and how to answer.
• Dubrovnik restricted zone fine: EUR 260, the 8-day discount and rental-car charges
  The Dubrovnik special traffic regime zone: who may enter, the EUR 260 fine, two-thirds within 8 days, and what to do when a rental company charges EUR 1,600+.
• Euro Parking Collection invoice for Norwegian tolls (AutoPASS): real? what now?
  Why Euro Parking Collection invoices you for Norwegian tolls, the lookup fee, the NOK 300 late fee, how to check the pictures and how to dispute.
• Austrian Ersatzmaut letter: EUR 200 in 2026, the 4-week rule and what follows
  The Austrian replacement toll (Ersatzmaut) for driving without a valid vignette: EUR 200 since 2026, 4 weeks from the issue date, penalties if unpaid, plate typos and the 18-day rule.
• Slovenian e-vignette fine from DARS: EUR 300, half price and how to challenge it
  Slovenian e-vignette (e-vinjeta) fines: EUR 300, EUR 150 if paid quickly, payment orders by post, wrong plates and the request for judicial protection.
• German supermarket car-park penalty (fair parken, Park&Control): pay or object?
  Private parking penalties at German supermarkets: contract penalty not a fine, usual EUR 15–30, keeper vs driver (BGH XII ZR 13/19), disputed fees and how to object.