New catalog of fines: lawn, wrong parking and blocking of emergency lanes - these penalties threaten

After a tough struggle, the Federal Council gave the green light for the new catalog of fines on Friday.

Speeders in particular have to dress warmly soon.

Berlin - The Federal Council waved through the new catalog of fines * on Friday (October 8).

Above all, speeders will have to be prepared for tougher penalties in the future.

For example, anyone who is more than ten kilometers per hour faster than allowed in localities must pay at least 50 euros instead of the previous 25 euros.

An overview of the new rules - and the criticism:

More expensive wrong parking

If motorists block bicycles or even sidewalks without permission, it will be more expensive in the future than before.

For illegal parking as well as for unauthorized parking of the vehicle on protective strips or in the second row, fines of up to 110 euros are due - so far it has been 15 euros.

If you leave your car in a parking space for the disabled without authorization, you will have to pay 55 euros instead of 35 in future.

The fine * for unauthorized parking in spaces specially reserved for electric cars or car sharing vehicles is just as high.

According to the Ministry of Transport, there is an increase in the fine of up to 100 euros for parking violations in fire service entrances or with a disability of emergency vehicles.

Rescue alley

If the emergency lane actually reserved for emergency services is used without permission or no emergency lane is formed, there will be fines between 200 and 320 euros and a one-month driving ban.

The background to this is that in the past there have always been cases in which the helpers lost valuable time after accidents because motorists blocked the emergency corridor.

Speed ​​violations

In the original version of the amendment to the catalog of fines, the enforcement of which was suspended due to a formal error last year, driving bans were provided for when the speed exceeded 21 km / h in urban areas and 31 km / h outside of urban areas.

This does not exist now - instead the fines are increased.

In urban areas, the future for cars is that if the speed is exceeded from 21 km / h to 25 km / h, 115 euros will be charged instead of the previous 80 euros;

at 16 to 20 km / h it is 70 instead of 35 euros, at 11 to 15 km / h 50 instead of 25 euros and at up to 10 km / h 30 euros instead of the previous 15.

Out of town, the fines for exceeding speeds of 21 to 25 km / h will be increased from 70 to 100 euros.

At 16 to 20 km / h too much on the speedometer it is 60 instead of 30 euros;

Those who drive too fast at up to 15 km / h or up to 10 km / h must expect fines of 40 and 20 euros, respectively, up to now they have been 20 and 10 euros.

When do the new fines apply?

After the approval of the Federal Council on Friday, the ordinance should now be announced in the Federal Law Gazette in autumn.

It will come into force three weeks later.

What criticism is there?

The police union DPolG welcomed the agreement in principle and declared that with the decision there was now “finally legal clarity”. At the same time, however, the union complained that instead of the originally envisaged driving bans for certain speed violations, "only higher fines" are now provided. If, in the case of some exceedances, “there is only a threat of a driving ban when they are committed in front of schools, daycare centers or care facilities, this can be misunderstood by high-speed drivers,” explained chairman Rainer Wendt.

The left traffic expert Thomas Lutze, however, stated that the sometimes drastic increases in fines were "the wrong way", because the effect of a penalty payment is "very different depending on income".

For one traffic offender, 100 euros were change, for another it was "the end of the month financially," said Lutze.

Therefore, fines and administrative penalties would have to be imposed depending on the income - even if this increases the effort.

(AFP / ph) * Merkur.de is part of IPPEN.MEDIA.