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A speed trap in Hanover (symbol): speeders will pay more in the future
Photo: Ole Spata / dpa
As of today, traffic offenders such as speeders and parking offenders will have to pay more if they are caught.
Then, after a long political dispute, the new catalog of fines comes into force.
The aim is to increase road safety.
Cyclists and pedestrians should be better protected.
The renewed catalog of fines provides for harsher penalties for violations of the rules in road traffic.
The fines for exceeding the speed limit are on average twice as expensive in and out of town.
For example, if you drive 16 to 20 kilometers per hour too fast in urban areas and are flashed, you will soon pay 70 euros instead of 35.
In return, the driving ban regulations with points and driving license revocation remain in place as before the fine reform.
In addition, these rules will apply in the future:
Anyone who
parks illegally
on
sidewalks and cycle paths
, stops on protective strips or parks or stops in the second row pays up to 110 euros.
If other road users are hindered or endangered as a result, there is also a point in Flensburg.
In the event of parking violations in officially marked
fire service
entrances
or with a disability of emergency vehicles, the fine is increased to up to 100 euros.
If you
park
unauthorized in a
parking space for the disabled
, you must expect a fine of 55 euros.
Another new feature is a fine of 55 euros for unauthorized parking in a parking lot for electrically powered vehicles and
car sharing vehicles
.
The unauthorized use of an
emergency lane
is now prosecuted and punished in the same way as the failure to create an emergency lane.
There is a risk of fines between 200 and 320 euros and a month's driving ban.
Truck drivers who violate the obligation to
only drive
the
truck at
walking pace
when turning right in
town will be asked to pay 70 euros and one point will be awarded.
Car posers
also have to pay more.
The fine for causing unnecessary noise and avoidable pollution as well as annoying useless driving back and forth is increased to up to 100 euros.
The new catalog of fines was preceded by long negotiations between the federal and state governments.
Due to a formal error, stricter rules on fines in the new road traffic regulations were suspended last year.
As a result, a political dispute arose, especially about the actually planned tougher driving ban rules when driving too fast - but these are not coming.
Instead, the federal and state governments agreed to increase fines.
The Federal Council unanimously approved the tightening in October.
The President of the German Traffic Guard, Kurt Bodewig, had said: "So far, the sentence was simply too mild in many cases and the adjustments to the catalog of fines were therefore overdue." The police controls would have to be stepped up.
The ADAC also called for controls at dangerous spots and thus also the risk of being discovered, to be increased.
kfr / dpa