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Exactly. Offer £1 a week or whatever you can justify (assuming you didn't win the lottery).
I don’t know about the rates in England, but if it’s like here I have to pay 5£ to make a payment to other countries so this will be a very expensive solution.
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I don’t know about the rates in England, but if it’s like here I have to pay 5£ to make a payment to other countries so this will be a very expensive solution.
Charging by the internet mile? So much for the electronic revolution.
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Cheers for all of the info guys, one of the chaps is apparently calling them today to try and come to some agreement!!
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Also caught speeding in Norway

I'm an American and was caught speeding in Norway back in March. I actually got two tickets: one camera and was pulled over by a cop. I didn't know how much the camera was at the time, but the speeding ticket from the cop was around $800.

Just got some letters to my home address in the US (off of my drivers license) from a collection agency (SI) demanding payment of the money. A fine has been assessed on top of it and now the total amount is around $400. This seems strange and leads me to believe that it is the camera fine. But regardless, I don't want to pay this and am inclined to just ignore all communications from them. I would be very surprised if for that amount of money they would organize any kind of extradition or have the US courts come after me in any way...? I guess I would just never be able to return to Norway...?

This thread has been very helpful in providing some insights, but just checking to see if anyone else has any opinions/suggestions, perhaps from a US perspective?

Thanks much...
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Bad luck....

You are right; the second fine is from the camera.
Did they send you the photo? If not you can ask them to get the photo, they have to be able to identify the driver. If it’s not clearly you on the photo you don’t have to pay, it could have been a hitchhiker or someone else you don’t remember…

Luckily bikers don’t have problem with the cameras…
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You guys must be very unlucky. We did 3000+ miles from Bergen to Nordkapp and back in June and only say a couple of police cars on the whole trip. Out of town we didn't see any cops at all - it's a good job really cos we weren't hanging about on some stretches.
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Mark, are you the copper or the other fella on the Aprillias?

We met on the ferry leaving Esbjerg! Unlucky we were indeed!
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