A novelty of the Highway Code makes it mandatory to communicate driver data in the event of fines. The update of the Ministry of the Interior is already active and binding.
Comes directly from Ministry of the Interior the updating of a standard dating back as far as 11 years ago. With a circular issued last October 31, it is announced that now, in the event of fines, it is mandatory to communicate the personal data of the drivereven in the event of an active appeal.
The previous provisions, which dated back to 2011, stated that not communicating the identity of the person driving the sanctioned vehicle was justified in case they arrived appeals in respect of reports that provided for the deduction of points on the license.
However, some recent jurisprudential orientations have shed light on some problems encountered by the police forces: the time needed to comply with the previous indications would risk going outside the deadlines set for the notification of the offense. Hence the decision to make the change.
Fines, from now on the driver must always be indicated even in the event of an appeal
Naturally, therefore, that going out of schedule, the police risked having to accept the cancellation of the process relating to the fine.
For this reason, now, if we take fines we are obliged to immediately communicate all data relating to the person’s license who, at the time of the infringement, was driving the sanctioned vehicle.
So what will happen now? Even if any appeals are active, we must always disclose the information on the license if there is a deduction of points for the infringement committedfor example when you exceed the maximum limit for a speed camera too much.
The police will take care of communicate to the DMV the outcome of any appeal, whether for or against the sanctioned person. What will happen if this data is omitted?
The police, having acknowledged the circular of the Ministry of the Interior, then let it be known that in the case of the fines received the immediate communication of the data of the driver’s license is required, failure to comply with this obligation will result in an additional quantifiable fine of up to 300 euros.
Although receiving a fine at home certainly does not please us, from now on we are obliged to be even more careful when we go to examine the reasons that led us to the infringement and above all what to do to pay it regularly and respect the law even if we decide to appeal.
This time we will no longer be able to wait for the outcome of any appeal before communicating the details of our driving license to the police: we’ll have to do it right away, otherwise the risk is that in addition to the damage, insult is added. We would not only be forced to pay the amount due for the fine received, but also for an additional fine which could reach, as we have seen, up to 300 euros. It is therefore better to avoid any trouble.
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