Think twice about driving a rental car in Umbria. I have rented cars in Italy and France six or seven times and toured a lot of back roads happily....until my trip in May 2010! Apparently, the Police in all the secondary towns now have cameras that are on the lookout for rental car numbers on license plates. I am a very law-abiding driver; I have gotten a total of three moving violations in over 40 years of driving in the US (and several other countries). Yet, I have received notice from Avis that I got two citations from the towns of Arezzo and Perugia during the week I drove around Umbria/Tuscany back in the Spring. Nobody stopped me in either town. Instead, supposedly, my violations (explained in Italian only) are captured on film and I will be receiving fines totaling 200 Euros from the two towns. This is like something out of Kafka. What is really going on? Apparently, the...
Parking rules and narrow cities :-)
by Trekki
I cannot stress this enough: stick to the rules! The police is everywhere and will come to issue tickets. If there are rules for parking, for example that motorhomes are not allowed, don’t park the motorhome or caravan there or you can bet to find a ticket when you come back. Many villages have clear signs for residents only parking (like Gubbio, photos 2 and 4) and it is also very much likely that non-residents will be fined when they park there. All villages and cities have parking space outside of the centres and it is very easy to leave the car and walk around. Bigger cities like Perugia, Assisi and Orvieto will have bus services. Apart from that, the cities and villages often have very tiny roads which make it quite difficult to move a car if you are not used to this kind of streets.While driving around, stick to the speed signs. Yes, even if this is Italy which is famous for very...
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