Hire cars is this a new scam?

batgirl


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 676

Message Posted:
26/03/2012 12:43

Two of our friends have just arrved at Ercan to be told to go to the police station as they both have traffic ofences from hire cars ,when they asked for the dates suprise suprise they were not in Cypruss at that time,any sugestions?

Hedgehog


Joined: 24/06/2011
Posts: 15

Message Posted:
26/03/2012 12:48

Yes, the police station in Girne is supposed to show them a copy of the hire contract with their names and signatures on it. The same thing happened to me.

batgirl


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 676

Message Posted:
26/03/2012 12:52

So Hedgehog what was the outcome at the police station?

Sandford


Joined: 17/12/2011
Posts: 133

Message Posted:
26/03/2012 14:03

As long as they kept their "in and out' paper visa stamp, I cannot see that they can have any further issue, except with the hire company and their records.

finchy


Joined: 08/04/2008
Posts: 86

Message Posted:
26/03/2012 14:49

When I visited in February I had the same problem.



You have 24 hours to visit the police station in Girne.

Three speeding fines from 2011. Attached were the hire car agreements for all dates and locations of each offense.

Redwine


Joined: 15/01/2009
Posts: 565

Message Posted:
26/03/2012 14:51

Why should it be a sam - obviously previous renters had a speeding ticket etc. Looks like an oversight on the paper work to me

Smity



Joined: 14/09/2009
Posts: 826

Message Posted:
26/03/2012 15:01

As long as your passport verifies you were not in the TRNC on the dates in question you will have no problem

Hedgehog


Joined: 24/06/2011
Posts: 15

Message Posted:
26/03/2012 15:44

The signature was indeed mine, so I paid up. However, your passport stamps won't work. You can sign a contract, leave the country, and have your deranged teenager son speed past the camera the next day. If the contract is yours you pay the fine regardless of who was driving.

authentichoccie


Joined: 09/01/2008
Posts: 481

Message Posted:
26/03/2012 15:50

You could have got the photo from the camera, but as it was your son you probably would have ended up paying the fine anyway!



This has happened to me twice now (4 tickets in total). Both times they informed me when we came back over from the South. I have never hired a car but was employed by a car hire firm for a few months. They decided as they obviously hadn't got any record of who was driving at the time they would use my details!



So beware, always ask to see the copy of the contract and check the dates!

batgirl


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 676

Message Posted:
26/03/2012 16:29

Taking them to the police station tomorrow so watch this space!