I would think the immediate problem will be trying to leave the country with an unpaid fine outstanding. Are you asking for advice on how to evade the law? Whether the fine was fair and just is irrelevant.

@WeatherVane Well, I guess not paying fines is illegal by definition, so it seems I am :)

Was she in a rental car? Did she present a Canadian (provincial) driver's license, or an Austrian one? If authorities have her Austrian address (via the license or the car rental agency) it's possible that the fine will follow her home, though it's just my guess. Anecdotally, the reverse happened to me a few times -- as a Canadian, I received tickets in the mail for infractions in France and Italy.

@mustaccio The car belongs to her employers, and she persented her own (Austrian) license when she was stopped by the cop. But as she told me, she didn't give the cop her Austrian address. When you got stopped in Italy and France, did the people there ask for your (Canadian) home address?

You are evidently asking for advice on how to break the law and get away with it.

@JoErNanO asking about the consequences of breaking the law is not the same as asking how to break the law.

@mustaccio that is exactly what is being asked: could she actually get away with this, in other words seeking on advice on whether it's worth breaking the law. The situation is made worse by the car belonging to the employer, so if they get to know, or are asked for payment, that's not good.

@JoErNanO following mustaccio's last comment, does this mean that the question can stay if I change the wording? Or is it off-topic anyway?

@MaxD it's off-topic because it's mostly a legal question, not travel-related. May be ask at Law

For the record: quora.com/…

@MaxD since the car belongs to her employer, she should ask herself what would happen if her employer found out about her nonpayment of the fine. I'm not sure they would, but it's possible.

I don't think this is off topic. We've had other similar questions. Just because it would be on topic at Law, doesn't preclude it being on topic here. Questions about how laws interact with foreign travelers are definitely on topic.

@MJeffryes I'm with you. It might make the question less controversial to remove the phrase "get away with it" and instead ask more neutrally about possible consequences, likely consequences, and so on, both in terms of collection of the fine and future difficulty traveling to Canada or other countries.

@phoog Thanks, I edited the question according to your comment.

@JoErNanO I changed the wording to make it sound less law-breaking, is this enough for a re-open?

@MaxD what does 'her employers...support her' mean? Are they willing to help her pay the fine? Contest the ticket? What kind of assistance (if any) have they offered?

@jcm They won't pay for her, but they are ok with her not paying even though it's their car.

In what world is that considered "supporting" someone? They just don't care, I'd say.

I would read up on this very carefully before taking the risk of breaking the law by leaving without paying, particularly if your friend may wish to return to Canada in the future. IANAL but it seems possible eg that the fine could increase if it remains unpaid. Does your friend feel ok with the idea of visitors to Austria behaving in the same way? If you can’t pay the fine, don’t do the crime. findlaw.ca/learn-about-the-law/court-system/article/… driverabroad.com/self-drive/foreign-speeding-and-parking-fin‌​es

that quora answer is nonsense. Parking tickets go to the owner of the car. Speeding tickets go to the driver and the police established who the driver was and issued the ticket.

I feel offended by this post. We could go on and on about if she is asking for trouble but as a Canadian I wouldn't want someone speeding 40 over the limit in my country, wasting the resources of police and causing a possible accident without paying the fine and then coming here to ask for legal advice on how to evade a fine. Sure, it might not be exactly asking on how to EVADE the law, but it is suggesting that she wants to evade the law and is asking if it's worth it to break the law. She is definitely pointing out she wants to break the law and get away with it.