I have UK registered plates - will the fine go to my UK address?

They try to get through to you. There are agreements between EU nations and Switzerland, AFAIK. But you incurred a fine: why wouldn't you pay?

Until recently the UK did not pass on speeding fines from Switzerland but I have a feeling they do now. In any case the Swiss will contact you and try and persuade you to pay. Until you receive a notification from a UK Policeman or the UK authorities I would ignore it. Claim you never received the mail. If it gets to a UK authority pay quickly...

You will be pursued in the UK if the fine is more than about CHF 120. The UK authorities would have some incentive to do this as they would keep the money ! Details here and here.

I have a sneaking suspicion that Brit plates don't work well with all the cameras here - almost all of Europe has raised characters yet Brit plates don't. Some of those obscure angles they use here won't work.

Anyone able to confirm or deny that?

This may be an urban myth - but I was told a few years back that if you sprayed your number plates with hair spray it makes such a sheen when hit with a flash that the camera can't usually pick out the numbers..... honestly

UK plate been flashed a few times over the last few months, no fines or mention of fines yet, and I still have the car registered to my UK address.

Begs the question - do you get a fine everytime a Swiss speed camera goes off? Over the years, I've been flashed a dozen times or more in the UK and never got a ticket. I didn't even try the hair spray.

Flashed by a speed camera BTW....

No this is no urban myth but if you are caught with hair sprayed numbers then the fine is not small...

It is interesting that this got through as the legal situation is different in the various countries. For example in Germany it is the person who is driving who is liable and not the owner of the car, with no subsequent blame for the owner, unless they refuse to name the driver. In the UK akin to many other countries the person driving is responsible and if the owner cannot identify the driver then the owner is liable...

Note if your spouse was driving the car at high speed in Germany where high speed was not allowed and the car is in your name, the fine will come with a picture in your name. You can then go to the police station and state I do not know the driver and it is not me - look different sex.

Thank you Richard. (Make note: always wear wig and makeup when driving in Germany).

I'll second that, not had anything come through yet.

According to this article (29/12/06) the scheme was due to start in March.
It also has this information:-

Have since found this article and it appears it has started.

But, if it was registered in CH surely it would have a CH number plate and not a UK one ?

Are these issued for cars with foreign plates ?

I live in Zug, no need for a parking permit here.

If the car has plates other than Swiss ones then it must be registered in another country. The parking permit, if available to foreign registered cars, surely can't mean that the car is Swiss registered. It may be know to the local authorities for parking purposes but that’s all.

Terryhall, since i live in Zug too, have you by the way found any free parking spots in Zug/Baar area? I only spotted a few up the hill on Weinbergstrasse and those were all taken by EU cars, surprise surprise. If you have visitors who come by car, the only parking spots around the house i have are marked as Privat and are rented out. What would you recommend?

If you are driving a right hand drive car and the flash goes off - no driver will be seen by most cameras, ghost driver. Also many UK plates have no GB sign on them how can they prove that the car is from the UK. Law mentions EU, is it one of these rules that the CH want as part of their law.