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Parking fines are becoming the “most expensive parking violation” - even the police are amazed

2021-01-26T19:47:22.209Z


Wrong parking with fatal consequences. The fine for a truck driver is so huge that even the police are amazed.


Wrong parking with fatal consequences.

The fine for a truck driver is so huge that even the police are amazed.

  • Wrong parking costs

    a man dearly.

  • Because when the

    police

    caught

    the

    truck driver

    , it was not just a

    20 euro ticket

    .

  • Instead, the

    driver

    faces an astronomical

    fine

    .

Frankfurt - A

ticket

for

parking in

the wrong place, most

drivers

have had to get annoyed

about

that one time or another.

Be it because you didn't follow the traffic rules properly or because you hoped not to get caught.

What is the driver

truck

had thought when he made his

car

in

Bochum

put down, knows he is but caught by the police when illegal parking only the man himself. That, and it is probably "the most expensive

parking violation

" Bochum result so does the

truck Driver

most likely not counted.

"We haven't had that before in Bochum either!", Explains the

police,

including the exclamation mark, in their press release.

And probably only very, very few police stations can say that about themselves.

After all, the

fine

that the

truck driver

is likely to face is by no means a sticky stick.

Because, according to the Bochum police, the driver will be fined more than 14,000 euros.

Fatal wrong parking: truck driver threatens a fine of astronomical height

But what has to come together for a simple ticket to become a

fine of

such an astronomical amount?

As the

Bochum police

explain, trucks parked in the area of ​​the Opelring are always the cause of dangerous traffic situations.

Parked pedestrian and cycle paths and also house driveways are not uncommon there.

It was precisely in this area, on Grete-Schickedanz-Strasse, that the man had

parked

his

truck

.

Administrative offenses in Germany

Number in 2019

Use of radar warning devices

659

Cell phone violations

439.611

Red light violations

324.168

Most frequent administrative offense of men

Speeding violations: 2,323,432

Most frequent administrative offense of women

Speeding violations: 666,811

Source: Federal Motor Transport Authority - FAER basic statistics

But instead of

parking

in a normal

parking lot

, the 57-year-old man from Nuremberg parked his truck on a cycle path.

He blocked the signposted bike path in such a way that cyclists could no longer get through, according to the

police

.

A police patrol became aware of the

truck

.

The driver was still there.

Truck driver parks on cycle path - this is followed by Bochum's most expensive parking violation

When the

police approached

the

truck driver

about his parking violation, the initially unreasonable reaction.

According to the officials, the man complained loudly about the control.

But then he became increasingly meek.

Because he noticed that the police not only checked his driver's license *, but also evaluated his digital tachograph.

The digital control device in the truck records, for example, how often the

driver takes

breaks and at what speed he drives.

The

police officers were

horrified

to find that the man had driven far too fast a number of times during the control period of 28 days.

But that was not the truck driver's most serious offense.

The

truck driver

also violated the statutory driving and rest

times almost every day

, reports the police.

+

Fatal wrong parking: this almost astronomical penalty threatens a truck driver.

© Bochum police

Wrong parking with consequences: Truck drivers face a fine that even leaves the police "speechless"

The officers were “speechless for a short time” when the digital readout software

spat

out the

fine

for the driver's many violations: 14,200 euros.

This

does

not include the

20 euro ticket for parking on the bike path.

As the press release goes on to say, the driver “loved to pay the 20 euro fine on site”.

Understandable, because instead the

truck driver

faces a total fine of 14,020 euros.

In addition, he and the haulage company can expect an administrative offense report.

(Sophia Lother)

* fnp.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

Driver license examiners and motorists will have to prepare for some changes in 2021, such as liability insurance for cars or vehicle tax.

Source: merkur

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