How To Make A Claim Against a Wild Boar in Italy

Yes, while it may be somewhat difficult to believe, the huge, black and grouchy wild boars which inhabit Italy can sometimes be made to pay.  Indeed, in Italy compensation for wild boar induced damage to cars may sometimes be successfully claimed.

This fact was ascertained from Twitter via a Tweet by Gloria of the Casina di Rosa vacation house down in Tuscany who had had a close encounter of the car damaging kind with one of these big pigs.

Despite having caused damage to Gloria’s car to the tune of some 3,600 Euros, the wild boar in question, which Gloria’s car ran over, managed to get up and run off.  Snorting loudly, presumably.  Must have been quite a sore boar though.

Hunters in the area at the time did offer to track down the car-wrecking boar, but said boar managed to avoid ending up as delicious wild boar ragu.

While the boar in question was able to evade the hunters, it was unable to escape the attentions of the sharp eyed Italian lawyer engaged by Gloria who effectively took the boar to court, and tried it in its absence.

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How to Make Restricted Traffic Areas Fairer.

Italy has many cities in which ZTLs exist.  These Zone Traffico Limitato areas are designed to prevent thousands of cars clogging up Italy’s city centres, and to help reduce pollution levels.  But they are causing major headaches for tourists in Italy.

As is evidenced by my fast becoming infamous Speeding, and other traffic fines in Italy post and its accompanying 400 odd comments, many tourists are being caught out by such zones in Italy.

Receiving a fine often a year or so after a visit to Italy is leaving a bad taste in many people’s mouths, not to mention their wallets.  Many are vowing not to return to Italy, which is a shame, and are telling others not to go to Italy either, which is even worse.

Here are a few ideas which could make these problematic restricted traffic zones in Italy a little fairer, and stop Italy from potentially losing millions in income from tourism too. Read more

Milan’s Ecopass is back from its Vacation

As Milan crawls slowly back to life after the summer recess, its Ecopass traffic congestion charge comes back on-line.

A map of Milan’s Ecopass zone is shown in the following post.

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