Quite often unpaid fines are passed onto debt collection agencies who will vigorously pursue you for the money.It is not uncommon for a �30 parking fine to become a debt of several hundred pounds.At this point you may then have bailiffs banging on the door to remove goods to pay the fine.
Ignoring the fine may come back to haunt you, but then the authority issuing the fine may give up after several attempts to collect.
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