Most common and frequently spotted foreign license plates in your countries

[Satyricon84]

In Germany you get points in Flensburg. 1 point if you drive 21-25 Km/h over the the limit. 3 points between 26-40 km/h (but if you drive between 31/40 Km/h over the limit into town, you have also the drive license confiscated for 1 month) and so on. Maximun are 4 points if you drive 70 Km/h over the limit, plus 3 months drive license confiscated.

[g.spinoza]

Originally Posted by Satyricon84

In Italy were are you going to pay that amount, which city? 450 € Kalt i guess, in Italy extras like water, gas, light you have to pay on your own so in the end you are going to much in my opinion. For me such things were included in rent contract, I have never seen a bill in one year (I just had to pay little bit more for the electricity because I have the vice to never switch off the pc, so I overtaken the electricity's amount).

I lived 12 years in Bologna and from September I'm going to stay in Brescia. Bologna is regarded as one of the most expensive cities in Italy, especially compared to its size. Brescia is smaller, but it's the center of a larger hinterland.
In Munich I'm living in a fully furnished apartment: usually in Germany apartmens for rent are empty, while in Italy they are usually fully furnished. And in Munich heating and water are included in the rent, but I have to pay for electricity.

150€ euro of fine with salaries around 1200 € it's not fair.

Fines must be punitive, otherwise they don't serve their purpose.

But one thing which impressed me has been that I saw in the rural areas of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria (Ansbach, Taubertal...) a shuttle service in the night for the people which go and come back from discos. It costs 1 € if I remember well, and passes through the main villages. A clever thing if you don't want people drive after drunk. In Italy I have never seen it.

There is something like that for the Riviera discos.

[italystf]

Fines should be low for violations that not cause safety treats (like parking violations, in Italy it's usually 38€) but high for violations like speeding, illegal overtaking, wrong-way driving, driving under influence,... and penalities like suspension of driving licence or cutting off some points are a right thing. Otherwise, wealtier people would feel themselves autorized to break traffic rules causing dangers to other (probably 100 or 200 euros for Berlusconi are like few eurocents to a common worker).

[Satyricon84]

In Switzerland infact fine amount depends from your income. I read about a man which had to pay 200.000 € for 37 Km/h over the limit cause he has high income. Here the article: http://www.autoblog.it/post/24418/sv...te-di-velocita. This is a clever thing! And I agree that fines should be high for to be punitive for people which drives under drug or alcohol influence, illegal overtaken and so on...but speed limit...i don't see as bad as could be to turn without use the arrows or don't keep security distance. The problem is that speed is punished even if you are caught on an empty street, for to punish who doesn't keep distance you have to wait for the accident. That's not fair...

Nice town Brescia! Yes my flat was empty too, i found only the kitchen inside. But electricity was included in the contract. I even don't know how are bills in Germany, I have never seen one. I just had to go to the bank every month and transfer the money for the rent.

That's good that there's a shuttle in Riviera. They should do something similar here in Brianza or at least keep the metro working by night during the week-end

[g.spinoza]

Originally Posted by Satyricon84

Nice town Brescia! Yes my flat was empty too, i found only the kitchen inside. But electricity was included in the contract. I even don't know how are bills in Germany, I have never seen one. I just had to go to the bank every month and transfer the money for the rent.

I went to the bank only once and activated the automatic payment of the rent

[italystf]

I was speaking about "crazy" speeds like 100kph in urban areas or 200kph on highways, not little violations like 60-70kph on empty and straight roads where the speed limit is just 50 because there are houses on.

[NordikNerd]

If you want to find forreign plates in Sweden, visit the parking at your local LIDL-store.




Dutch horsetruck. Dutch plates are very common summertime.
If the vehicle has a moose-sticker, it's probably a continental tourist who likes to come here for the woods and lakes.

[Road_UK]

Originally Posted by NordikNerd

If the vehicle has a moose-sticker, it's probably a continental tourist who likes to come here for the woods and lakes.

Doesn't have to be. I got one on my van which I use for deliveries all over Europe. Got a Spanish bull as well. I see a lot of freight traffic around Europe with moose and bull stickers on.

[rilham2new]

In Indonesia, especially in Java Island and Sumatra Island, I've never seen any foreign plates in my whole life.

In Australia, I've also NEVER SEEN one as well.

But, for both countries, I can sometimes see plates registered in different states and provinces.

[Corvinus]

On the Canary Islands (E), virtually all non-Canarian license plates can be considered as rare, due to the costly and time-consuming ferry transport required to get there from Continental Europe.

Of these off-islands plates encountered there, Continental Spanish, German and Swiss are likely the most common ones.

[NordikNerd]

Originally Posted by Corvinus

On the Canary Islands (E), virtually all non-Canarian license plates can be considered as rare, due to the costly and time-consuming ferry transport required to get there from Continental Europe.

Of these off-islands plates encountered there, Continental Spanish, German and Swiss are likely the most common ones.

Are there regular car ferries to the Canary Islands ? Which ports serve this route.


I know there is a regular ferry Barcelona-Mallorca, takes about 5 hours.

[Imperfect Ending]

Here in Los Angeles, USA I see Canada ( mainly from Alberta ) followed by Mexico ( mainly from Sonora and Sinaloa )

[Corvinus]

Originally Posted by NordikNerd

Are there regular car ferries to the Canary Islands ? Which ports serve this route.

Yes, from Cádiz (E), there are definitely ferry connections to the Canary Islands. I do not know of any from the African continent though.

Next island to consider: Malta.
Not as remotely situated as the Canary islands from the continent, it's still a lengthy trip by car and ferry there.
Years ago, the most common of the relatively few foreign plates were British, Italian, German and Libyan ones.
Presumably, there has been a rise in Eastern European-registered vehicles there since, can anybody confirm?

[keokiracer]

In The Netherlands you can see:
Cars: Belgium, France Germany and on certein roads on holidays also a lot of Italian plates (N9 Alkmaar - Den Helder, always a lot of Italian campers).
Trucks: Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Belgium, France, Germany and of course The Netherlands as cars and trucks
The rest can be considered as rare.

[Nordic20T]

In Switzerland also french plates are common, mainly from départements 68, 01 and 74. Most of them are travelling on swiss motorways from Basel to Geneva instead of taking the french ones because ours are much cheaper.

In Hungary plates from Slovakia seem to be very common, majority of them is from Bratislava (BA/BL), Komárno (KN) and Nove Zamky (NZ). Probably most of them are hungarians who want to profit from lower taxes in Slovakia.

I recognised too, that many cars with german plates in Hungary are registered in Munich (M) and Nürnberg (N). Is this a coincidence, or is it as well because of tax savings?

[Filipdr]

Here in Serbia you can find tons of Montenegrin and Bosnian plates, Croatian plates are not rare either.

You can also see a lot of German, Italian and Slovenian plates.

You can even find a lot of US and Canadian plates as well...

[Road_UK]

Originally Posted by keokiracer

In The Netherlands you can see:
Cars: Belgium, France Germany and on certein roads on holidays also a lot of Italian plates (N9 Alkmaar - Den Helder, always a lot of Italian campers).
Trucks: Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Belgium, France, Germany and of course The Netherlands as cars and trucks
The rest can be considered as rare.

You forget the Polish cars. All over Holland there are Polish workers, driving badly in their Polish registered vehicles.

[keokiracer]

And Romanian and Bulgarian. Stupid of me

[Maks33]

In my mative city of Vladimir the most common foreign license plates are Belarusian. Ukrainian, Kazakh and Baltic plates are less common; they can be seen mainly on trucks in industrial area.
On M7 highway near Vladimir most common plates are mot only Belarusian, Ukrainian and Kazakh; Kyrgyz, Moldovan, Baltic, Polish plates are common too. Other plates, such as German, Czech, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Turkish are less common.

[Road_UK]

Where is Vladimir? I always thought it was a Russian name, just as common as John and Jack.