As of: March 31, 2024, 4:55 p.m
By: Romina Kunze, Robin Dittrich
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German holidaymakers should be careful in some neighboring countries: a white Renault with black roof boxes could earn them a hefty fine.
Nijmegen – In the Netherlands, the advertising master wears white and blue and moves on four wheels. Because so-called scanning cars in Dutch cities are taking similar rigorous action against illegal parking as 18-year-old Niclas Matthei does in this country. Visitors from Germany should be careful, because the traveling policewoman doesn't stop at tourists either. Anyone who gets caught can expect a hefty fine to follow them across the national border back into Germany.
Vacation with unexpected costs: A car in the Netherlands hands out parking tickets
The autonomous Streetview vehicles from Google Maps are now also known in Germany. But a scanning car that detects illegal parking is certainly a novelty for many drivers. The WDR program
Servicezeit
took a closer look at this fine car driving around in the Netherlands.
White Renaults are used with a round blue symbol on the side and a black box on the roof rack. For example, in the city of Nijmegen not far from the German border or in Strasbourg in Alsace. The vehicles do not operate completely autonomously; they still require personnel. But parking offenders can literally be identified while driving past.
Illegal parking in the Netherlands or France is sometimes recorded by a scanning car with attached cameras. © Michael Evers/dpa
“The scanning car records every car we drive past and the automatic check runs in the background to see whether the car has a parking ticket,” explained the driver of such a scanning car during service
time
. With six infrared cameras mounted in a kind of roof rack, filming can be carried out in all directions. Could this also be a solution to the problem of illegal parking in Germany? This could forestall the advertising chief's ambitious plans to report illegal parking in every municipality, but experts in this country have already spoken out in favor of such an introduction.
Scanning car detects illegal parking - there is a risk of high fines
In terms of
service time
, it only takes a few seconds for the first car to be identified as illegally parked. “The scanning car checks every license plate that is a maximum of ten meters around it.” Unlike in most cases in Germany, in some neighboring countries the license plates must be stated when purchasing a parking ticket. A digital system then records the vehicles and replaces the paper parking ticket.
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As one of the mobile law enforcement drivers proudly reports, they can check around 1,500 cars within an hour. There are 75 of these scanning cars in use in the Netherlands alone, and there are now between 200 and 250 vehicles across Europe. To ensure that drivers are not falsely accused of illegal parking, every car that is allegedly parked illegally must be checked again by a traffic police officer.
The fines are also imposed on foreign visitors. Anyone who is caught has to pay 75 euros - plus the hours that were parked. Driving too fast can also be very expensive abroad; If you drive in some countries, you don't just get rid of your rag, but also your vehicle with you.
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