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28.01.2018, 20:30
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| | How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge?
Suppose they send a bill here demanding payment
What can they realistically do if it is not paid?
I wasn't aware of any such reciprocal agreements between the UK and CH for such matters
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28.01.2018, 20:52
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| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge? | Quote: | |  | | | Suppose they send a bill here demanding payment
What can they realistically do if it is not paid?
I wasn't aware of any such reciprocal agreements between the UK and CH for such matters | | | | | How much is it?
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28.01.2018, 21:21
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| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge?
Well in percentage terms it's high relative to the charge
But given that it's not a serious driving offence and given that Switzerland is not in EU, what can they do?
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28.01.2018, 21:24
| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge? | Quote: | |  | | | Well in percentage terms it's high relative to the charge
But given that it's not a serious driving offence and given that Switzerland is not in EU, what can they do? | | | | | Nothing.
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28.01.2018, 21:58
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| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge?
Just on´t go back to the UK | This user would like to thank roegner for this useful post: | | 
28.01.2018, 22:04
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| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge?
Why not just pay it, or is that too simple a suggestion?
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28.01.2018, 23:23
| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge? | Quote: | |  | | | Just on´t go back to the UK  | | | | | I don't reckon even that would be an issue. This sort of charge would likely be a civil matter rather than a criminal one so it would be improbable for it to ever end up being linked with somebody's passport. The UK isn't Switzerland and is woefully ill-equipped to chase up fines like this.
The likeliest case is that they'll eventually sell the debt on to some European debt collection agency, and then the OP can tell them to piss off too when they come knocking.
The UK can't even collect tens of thousands in student loans from individuals living across Europe, so you can't expect them to manage with a simple fine.
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29.01.2018, 00:14
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| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge?
Are you in a swiss registered car? How do they find your swiss address?
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29.01.2018, 00:34
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| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge?
Don't worry, they can, because of some agreements between CH and EU.
The French were able to send a fine of about EUR30 just fine, and Italy is able to do the same.
Don't know about the enforcement, though.
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29.01.2018, 00:52
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| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge?
Conflicting info on this one. Simple answer is, yes they can pursue you, but it doesn't look like they're too successful at doing this. | Quote: |  | | | Highways England said non-payment was being followed up in the UK and abroad. | | | | | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-40996859 | 
29.01.2018, 08:10
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| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge? | Quote: | |  | | | Don't worry, they can, because of some agreements between CH and EU.
The French were able to send a fine of about EUR30 just fine, and Italy is able to do the same.
Don't know about the enforcement, though. | | | | |
I understood that France, Italy and German can do this for traffic fines easily, but the UK can't. Perhaps because those countries signed up to some EU thing and the UK didn't, or perhaps the agreement was made country to country.
There is however an EU/CH wide mechanism for recovering debt generally. First you get a judgement in a UK court, then you bring it to Switzerland and ask a CH court to enforce it.
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29.01.2018, 08:32
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| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge? | Quote: | |  | | | Well in percentage terms it's high relative to the charge
But given that it's not a serious driving offence and given that Switzerland is not in EU, what can they do? | | | | | Ok... so how much is it?
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29.01.2018, 09:59
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| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge?
Wouldn't wait too long! | 
29.01.2018, 10:11
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| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge?
Here is an overview of the enforcement of "traffic fines" of various neighbouring contries of Switzerland: https://www.fedpol.admin.ch/fedpol/e...enverkehr.html | 
29.01.2018, 10:53
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| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge? | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | But is a toll charge, even when elevated, a traffic fine (which would put it in criminal and administrative law) or is it a contractual obligation (which would put it in civil law) ?
If it is the later it can be persuaded just like any other unpaid bill. But with one important detail: A traffic fine can be issued against the holder of the vehicle, whereas as a claim from a contractual obligation must go to the offending party.
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29.01.2018, 16:45
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| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge? | Quote: | |  | | | But is a toll charge, even when elevated, a traffic fine (which would put it in criminal and administrative law) or is it a contractual obligation (which would put it in civil law) ?
If it is the later it can be persuaded just like any other unpaid bill. But with one important detail: A traffic fine can be issued against the holder of the vehicle, whereas as a claim from a contractual obligation must go to the offending party. | | | | | Not paying the charge in time results in what they call a fine (up to £108 at Dartford Crossing, TYVM), which in turn implies administrative law to me. However this is the UK, their approach may differ.
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31.01.2018, 22:49
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| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge?
it looks like if you pay early (within x days) it is lower
otherwise it's ~100EUR per ride
Regarding speeding tickets, as far as I know CH has reciprocal agreements with all neighbouring countries and they are enforceable.
The UK should've signed up to some EU wide reciprocal agreement on fines but as usual as failed to properly do anything http://etsc.eu/faq-eu-cross-border-e...ent-directive/
--- 8. Are all the 28 countries of the EU taking part?
Previously only 25 of the 28 EU countries are taking part. However due to the ECJ ruling, Denmark, Ireland and UK are affected by the change in legal basis as the Directive will now also be extended to them with a later deadline of May 2017.
--- http://www.itv.com/news/2017-01-26/u...r-one-way-law/
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No real updates unless anyone else can find it
Anyway there is a european debt collection agency assigned to collect these, but I fail to see that they could do anything in CH
It is more the thing of any potential bother back in the UK
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01.02.2018, 00:24
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| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge? | Quote: | |  | | | But is a toll charge, even when elevated, a traffic fine (which would put it in criminal and administrative law) or is it a contractual obligation (which would put it in civil law) ?
If it is the later it can be persuaded just like any other unpaid bill. But with one important detail: A traffic fine can be issued against the holder of the vehicle, whereas as a claim from a contractual obligation must go to the offending party. | | | | | Nope, it's probably gonna be changed into trespassing
As OP refuses to mention how high the fine is, you folks are probably discussing £50 (what's that? sFr. 65.00?). | 
01.02.2018, 00:32
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| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge? | Quote: | |  | | | Suppose they send a bill here demanding payment
What can they realistically do if it is not paid?
I wasn't aware of any such reciprocal agreements between the UK and CH for such matters | | | | | Separately to all other replies to your post so far, how do you know about this or how did they find you to let you know. If a car hire, maybe they have your credit card details or like to charge it.
if your own private car, different matter.
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| | Re: How enforceable is non payment of a UK toll charge?
Private car...dunno, the Swiss obviously selling your data to the highest bidder!
is that legal?
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