Speeding in Sweden and the Danish Police -

 I received an email, written in Danish, from the Copenhagen Police last week, stating I had received a speeding ticket. And, after deciphering and translating, found out they had charged me $56 to notify me, and now I had to notify the police listed in one of the docs they sent me, to take care of my ticket. On Monday I sent an email to the police officer handling my "case." I wrote: 

I received a notification from my car rental company, Sixt (vehicle DB84494), that I had a speeding offense in Kungavls. That must have been the day we drove to see the beautiful island of Marstrand. I must say, with all the traveling we did on our two week journey of Western Sweden and all of Denmark, this area was spectacular! The farmland was unbelievably gorgeous.

We traveled to this Scandinavian area of heaven to learn more about my roots, where many of my ancestors lived, for generations. My husband and I felt so blessed to be able to do this.

 

Please let me know what I need to do to make sure this speeding offense is taken care of.

 

I am attaching the letter I received from Sixt, and the Google translation of that letter.

 

Sincerely, Ronda Walker Weaver

 

And then yesterday morning, I received an email in return, and I was leery of even opening the email, expecting something far different than I received: 

Dear Ms. Ronda Walker Weaver

 

I thank you for getting back to me in this matter.

The car rental company has to inform you about the speeding, but you don´t have to worry. I have already closed this case with the Swedish Police, and you will hear no more of it.

 

Since you do not have neither a Danish CPR number, a Danish driving license and also live abroad, we don´t follow up in traffic matters like this.

(So unless you have a Swedish Driving license or something like that, you won´t hear from the Swedish Police either).

 

I am happy to know that you had a memorable trip, and wish you and your husband all the best.

 

Venlig hilsen / Kind regards

 

Maj-Britt Overgaard

kontorfuldmægtig

 

Færdselsafdelingen / Traffic Department

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