• Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    Apart from the stupidity of the fine itself, why is it 150 but only 100 if you can pay it in 14 days? Thats insane. “You cant afford to pay this fine immediately so pay more”???

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      1 day ago

      Makes people less inclined to fight or ignore it when there’s a time limit like that.

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      1 day ago

      It’s the same with speeding fines and parking tickets, and the white collar criminals that call themselves car park management companies. Many folk just pay rather than appeal, thinking that the time it takes to appeal will mean they end up paying full price, but I’m pretty sure the clock is paused during the appeal process.

      • Tomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        I’ve contested many a fine, I fucking hate those parking sharks. The clock is indeed stopped until a decision is made.

        Then it’s usually back to the original terms of payment stated on the OG fine.

        I’ve even contested friends fines as well, I’d rather spend the 30 minutes appealing than let any of those companies get more revenue.

        This is in the UK at least…

        I got a speeding ticket in France and to contest it you have to pay the full fine (€90) and if you were successful with the appeal then you’d get that money refunded.