In the News
Some interesting articles published in the media across Europe that may be of interest to SPARKS Network members.
Britain puts the brakes on cross-border crime plan Sunday Business Post, 6 March 2011
Foreign drivers use loophole to pay only £100 for insurance London Evening Standard, 1 March 2011
Channel traffic rises 4 per cent Logistics Manager.com, 24 February 2011
VOSA's ability to tackle foreign haulers questioned Road Transport.com, 4 February 2011
Millions lost in parking fines to FRVs TransportXtra.com. 17 January 2011
Foreign drivers £100k in fines written off by Dorset councils Bournemouth Echo, 4 January 2011
Council writes off over £90k of unpaid parking tickets for foreign drivers Plymouth Herald, 3 January 2011
£30,000 in parking fines is lost The Bolton News, 3 January 2011
Foreign drivers 'escaping millions in parking fines BBC News, 31 December 2010
A message that must be driven home Bradford Telegraph & Argus, 22 November 2010
Driver records may be shared across EU The Post.ie, 31 October 2010
More and more foreign-registered cars are being used unlawfully in Finland Helsingin Sanomat, 6 October 2010
Unpaid fines for overseas drivers total thousands Scotsman.com, 4 October 2010
End of the road for drivers who dodge southern tolls Belfast Telegraph 4 March 2010
Parking fines to be cross-border BBC News 3 March 2010
€12m in toll fines collected by NRA The Irish Times, November 2009
Thousands of foreign motorists will escape speeding fines because of weak pound, The Daily Telegraph, October 2009
Holidaymakers to pay EU speeding fines back home in UK, Daily Mail, September 2009
Speeding tickets to follow Britons home from holiday, The Guardian, September 2009
Lawbreaking drivers to face on-the-spot fines, North West Evening Mail, September 2009
Imported used vehicles must be registered within 15 days, Malta Independent, September 2009
MPs urge foreign lorry crackdown BBC News, August 2009
M50 toll fines to reach €100 million in first 12 months The Irish Times, August 2009
Police outlaw cars that fail to re-register from B92, July 2009
Government urged to detach road charging from TIF funding, New Civil Engineer, July 2009
Cross-border bargain hunters rack up £1m in unpaid parking fines from BBC Radio 4 You & Yours programme, April 2009
Foreign drivers face fixed penalties from BBC News Channel, April 2009
Foreign drivers face £900 roadside fines to halt rise in crashes from The Times, March 2009
Dictionary helps crack case of notorious Polish serial offender from the Irish Times, February 2009
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