Ok, not one of my finer moments...I got flashed last month (get your mind out of the gutter, you ) by a speed camera in Basel coming in from Germany. I was driving a rental car, and the rental agency just sent me in the mail what looks like a bill from the Kantonspolizei.

I was clocked at 89 kph in an 80 kph zone. The fine (60 CHF / 40 EUR) is not worth fighting over or getting in further trouble by not paying it, since I'd like to go back to Switzerland even though I hate speed cameras. Trouble is, I'm in the states and the form has payment info for European banks. The form also has (on the back) a form to fill out with some personal info that I'm not too keen on giving out. The payment form has some writing about a Konto-No. and Kontoinhaber. Unfortunately, my German is nowhere near good enough to fully understand this form.

What is the usual way to handle this? Would a US bank know how to deal with this, if I paid them the equivalent in dollars to pay the fine in euros, do they have the ability to make payments to foreign banks?

Or, could any of my German or Swiss friends send me a PM, and I can explain further, maybe even emailing you a scanned copy of this?

Moral of the story, don't speed in Switzerland!