According to ADAC lawyers, particularly high fines can be expected in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.
Speeding
For example, in Norway, speeding violations of 20 km/h would cost at least 610 euros, in the Netherlands 225 euros, and in Sweden 215 euros.
In Finland, according to ADAC, it's 200 euros, and in Switzerland 190 euros. In Germany, one would have to pay at least 60 euros.
Drinking and driving
Getting behind the wheel while intoxicated can be very expensive in many countries. According to the automobile club, there are high income-dependent fines in the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Finland, and Sweden.
It would also be expensive in Switzerland (from 635
euros at 0.5 per mille), Poland (from 600 euros at 0.2 per mille), Norway (from 560 euros at 0.2 per mille), and Italy (from 545 euros at 0.5 per mille). In Germany, at 0.5 per mille, at least 500 euros would be due.
Illegal parking
And what about illegal parking? In the Netherlands, a fine of 120 euros could be incurred, in Hungary a fine of up to 390 euros, and in Estonia up to 200 euros. According to ADAC, a parking violation in Germany can cost between 10 and 110 euros.
Mobile phone use while driving
Using a smartphone while driving would cost 430 euros in the Netherlands, and
a phone violation in Norway costs 875 euros. According to ADAC lawyers, in Germany, a fine starting at 100 euros would be due for this.
Better to pay promptly
Some countries offer a discount for immediate or prompt payment of the fine – legal experts point this out.
In Spain, you can receive a 50 percent discount if you pay within 20 days – and in Italy, a 30 percent discount if you pay the fine within five days of the notification of the fine.
It is not advisable to ignore the fine and hope that nothing happens. Because unpaid fines from other EU countries can be enforced in Germany
from an amount of 70 euros (fines from Austria from 25 euros), the automobile club explains. Since May 1, 2024, this also applies to fines from Switzerland.
Points in Flensburg?
Only the Federal Office of Justice is responsible for enforcement, according to ADAC lawyers. In contrast, private collection service providers have no opportunity to enforce public-law claims from traffic violations here.
However, points and driving bans can currently only be imposed in the country where the traffic violation was committed. For a traffic violation in Italy, for example, no entry in the Flensburg points register would be made. However, the EU is working to ensure that driving bans can be
