moandick
Free Member
A message just received into the Big Pitch Guide Office from Bob and Hazel French:
Dear Dick
A word of warning to anyone who may be thinking of going to or through Austria who bought a Go Box last year.
We have just been fined 307 euros because “the system changed on January 1st this year.”
We had 66 euros left in our Go Box from our visit last year so were not expecting a problem, but were pulled over by the Go Box inspectors.
They gave us an on the spot fine of 220 euros for not having the correct Go Box, 75 euros to revalidate the box we had and 12 euros for the distance we had travelled before we were stopped.
As we were only passing through on our way to Italy we were not best pleased!
However perhaps we can stop it happening to other people.
Yours,
Hazel
Anybody going through Austria from now on, make sure you have the NEW GO-BOX for 2011!
Dick
Dear Dick
A word of warning to anyone who may be thinking of going to or through Austria who bought a Go Box last year.
We have just been fined 307 euros because “the system changed on January 1st this year.”
We had 66 euros left in our Go Box from our visit last year so were not expecting a problem, but were pulled over by the Go Box inspectors.
They gave us an on the spot fine of 220 euros for not having the correct Go Box, 75 euros to revalidate the box we had and 12 euros for the distance we had travelled before we were stopped.
As we were only passing through on our way to Italy we were not best pleased!
However perhaps we can stop it happening to other people.
Yours,
Hazel
Anybody going through Austria from now on, make sure you have the NEW GO-BOX for 2011!
Dick
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