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[johbee]

4. Johbee and Greekislandgirl: Go and get a life. A real one.

I'm not the one trying to skip out on paying a speeding fine while visiting an illegally occupied part of a country. I have a very good life in which i don't need to stoop to such levels. I suggest you get some ethics!

[EricSeans]

I was about to cross the greenline when i was told that I cannot do so unless i pay my police fine for speeding on the north of cyprus. The fine is heavy and it is 3 years old. I go quite often to the north but this is the first time it popped up in the system.

Anyone had a similar issue? How can i make them prove that i indeed was speeding? Are they short on budget and it is a new trick to milk the unaware cow?

This is how they do it in Turkey (where you effectively are if you cross north). You don't get to see the evidence, there is no right to appeal or tribunal or any of the European essentials. Hire cars they don't bother with so that's one option, as is getting a friendly TC to drive you over. Good luck.

[humanist]

Good luck ........... it's difficult to get off on any fine in a normal functioning Country, let alone a rogue separatist regime.