Italian police fine for no CH sticker € 335 ...!

Transportation, Travel and Trips
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It must be true, it's reported in the 20 minutes...!

Swiss drivers have been fined up to € 335 for not having a CH sticker on their CH registered cars.

http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/news/sto...leber-30205033

Carabinieri büssen Autofahrer ohne CH-Kleber Antonio Fumagalli - Bis 335 Euro Busse, weil am Autoheck kein CH-Kleber prangt: Dies ist in den vergangenen Wochen vielen Schweizern in Italien passiert. Damit soll Schluss sein, fordert ein Nationalrat.

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Well, they need the money desperately.

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Italian citizens living in Switzerland fined 400 CHF for using the wrong trash bag.

Find out more, tonight, at 7pm.

Laws eh

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At the dealership they told us that it wasn't obligatory to display the CH sticker. Personally I think they're damn ugly... but if it's the law I'd better get some magnets for when we're in France, Germany or Italy.

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I see many, many, cars without a CH sticker: it's an old law which is still active. If you have €300 to spare, just pop down south.

When I first came here ALL vehicles had to have a CH sticker here, even fire engine! This was dropped around 1993.

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Easy money.

I remember a similar thing in France too near the Calais border crossing.

The French sometimes target foreign vehicles to ensure they are carrying varied specific items you need in your car or something. I remember my Dad was warned and advised about it by a few people prior to meeting me there when I took the dog back to the UK.

He had to have a high visibility jacket, a dog seat belt (tho never used it), hard hats, a light, a first aid kit, cones, and various other bits from what I recall.

If you don't have it, they can apparently fine you, so at times just hang around the port.

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I had no idea. We've been to Germany, France and Italy without problems.

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Same old, same old.

Just recently -

German border police have been fining Polish tourists for not having a first aid kit according to DIN 13164 standard. In retaliation, Polish fined Germans for not having a fire extinguisher with an up to date certification. Both legally required in respective countries.

Pretty sure there's something what the Swiss can find against Italians.

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seems a new initiative, I don't have a CH sticker on any vehicle. And I'm often in Italy.

doesn't say where it's happening in Italy.....

edit: bet it's not TI plates getting hit

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Ha ..... there was a thread a short while ago (can't be bothered to search), about someone asking where to place their CH sticker, because they didn't want to mess up the appearance of the car or risk the paintwork.

And there was a popular consensus about not needing one, with a 'I've driven here, there and everywhere without one, and never had a problem, blah, blah, blah ......'

So now we know - which is why I have a magnetic one in the boot.

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we also have been in France, Germany and Italy with no problems, I asked in the Post office for them but they don't have them.. anybody knows where to get them???

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solution found:

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Seriously?

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I've seen them in shops called Migros and Coop, but I don't know if you'll be able to find any in your area. In some rare cases, they've been also spotted at petrol stations.

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and the magnetic ones? Seen stickers but not magnets.....

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Think of big elephants, mating with big jetliners.

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I never knew they send fine bills in Italy. I thought things were settled by offering cash to cops when you are wrong

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I wonder when the carabinieri will catch onto the size issue too. Maybe some who speaks Italian could check on an Italian site, but according to the good old AA

"The distinguishing sign for vehicles travelling in International Traffic is governed by the 1949 Road Traffic Convention, annexe 4 of which stipulates the size and appearance of the sign - one to three letters in capital latin characters with a minimum height of 80mm (3.1in.) and a stroke width of 10mm (0.4in.). The letters shall be painted in black on a white background of elliptical form with the major axis horizontal."

so bad luck if you thought you could get away with a nice discrete one. Actually that's me stuffed then.

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Here is the thread: CH sticker for car

Put I will stick with my routine: No sticker on car, but sticker in car.

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Magnetic ones available from Migros DIY, CHF 5.60 each as I recall.