Thought I would put this here, in case it was of use to anyone else.
Today I received a speeding fine in the post from the Spanish DGT. It was incurred on our recent trip to Spain/Portugal. Apparently I was doing 113kmh in a 90kmh zone. I can't argue with them as I have no idea specifically where this was, but I tried to stick to speed limits during the whole 3 weeks.
Anyway, this is at the bottom end of their speeding seriousness, incurring a fine of 100 Euros. Apparently this is halved if you pay within 20 days of notification.
They offer multiple ways of paying, but I opted for the credit/debit card route, using their website.
Things that I learnt going through the process:
Where the letter says "Record Number", the website says "Document Number".
They seem to want 2 surnames on the website - just use yours twice, once in each field.
The Notification Date field just does not work using Safari or IE. I had to revert to Chrome on Windows to get it to work. I put the date that I got the letter in this field.
The system automatically applies the 50% discount to the fine amount - don't discount it yourself.
The actual putting in your card details is fine.
Hope this helps someone in the future - maybe they will tweak and fix their website to resolve these things in the future.
Pete
Today I received a speeding fine in the post from the Spanish DGT. It was incurred on our recent trip to Spain/Portugal. Apparently I was doing 113kmh in a 90kmh zone. I can't argue with them as I have no idea specifically where this was, but I tried to stick to speed limits during the whole 3 weeks.
Anyway, this is at the bottom end of their speeding seriousness, incurring a fine of 100 Euros. Apparently this is halved if you pay within 20 days of notification.
They offer multiple ways of paying, but I opted for the credit/debit card route, using their website.
Things that I learnt going through the process:
Where the letter says "Record Number", the website says "Document Number".
They seem to want 2 surnames on the website - just use yours twice, once in each field.
The Notification Date field just does not work using Safari or IE. I had to revert to Chrome on Windows to get it to work. I put the date that I got the letter in this field.
The system automatically applies the 50% discount to the fine amount - don't discount it yourself.
The actual putting in your card details is fine.
Hope this helps someone in the future - maybe they will tweak and fix their website to resolve these things in the future.
Pete
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