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.
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