hoodlum

if you fail to pay a fine in the EU states; and I know this from experience (not me m'lud) you can be arrested on re-entry, particularly at airports. The initial speeding fines will have multiplied in amount, court fees will have been added, and I know of one person who spent ages in jail on arriving in Germany for just such an offence of not paying because it was a foreign speeding fine.

So, Nadine - that's the sort of thing you could end up with if you park illegally in Germany - Why haven't you got german plates? and why aren't you paying german taxes for cars? You can only reside for so long in a country on your importing countries plates before you have to re-register your car (export happens from the day you take it out of the country of origin - unles syou're ona very long "holiday?")