Parking without tickets: Does Saturday count as a working day?
Created: 01/24/2022, 14:59
By: Anne Hund
Saturday also counts as a working day for parking.
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Many drivers fall into the “Saturday trap” when they see no parking or stopping signs.
The ADAC explains how this doesn't happen to you.
Parking spaces in the city
are often quite rare, and especially on Saturdays, the few parking spaces are often already occupied.
What does it mean when parking signs indicate that you have to take a parking ticket on
"weekdays"
?
And can you park your car in a no-
parking
area on a Saturday if it is marked with an
additional sign saying
"weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m."?
The answer is clear in both cases, as the ADAC makes clear on its website:
Saturday is considered a working day.
In other words, you may also have to take a parking ticket on Saturdays or may not park in the no-parking area at the times stated on the additional sign on Saturdays.
Parking: Saturday is considered a working day – normally
“The legislature normally understands a working day as the days from Monday to Saturday.
Only Sundays and
public holidays
do not fall under the term working day," says
ADAC.de
, among other things .
Anyone who parks their car on Saturday, as in the above parking ban example, is committing an
administrative offense
* and must
expect a
ticket .
There is also a risk that the car will be towed and the owner will have to pay the towing costs.
"It's only different if the parking ban is provided with the
additional sign
'Monday to Friday' or 'weekdays except Saturdays', for example," it says on
ADAC.de
.
The driver can then refer to this additional information accordingly.
Also read:
Traffic tickets at the supermarket parking lot: The maximum cost of the ticket can be as much as this.
“Saturday trap” for parking or no-stopping signs
Quite a few parkers seem to be unsettled by the weekday rule when parking: Many drivers fall
into the “
Saturday trap
” when they see
parking or no -stopping signs, as
Bayern3.de
writes, for example, because they assumed that Saturday didn’t count as a working day. “But with this assumption, many are wrong – and get a ticket.” According to the article, one reason why so many people fell into this trap could be “that most people today usually work Monday to Friday and Saturday therefore not considered a working day.” The courts saw it differently and justified it with the Federal Holidays Act. In this stand, as it continues on
Bayern3.de
means: "Working days are all calendar days that are not Sundays or public holidays."
Also interesting:
speed limit from Monday to Friday: does it also apply on public holidays?
Also
speed limits
apply according to the ADAC on Saturday.
For example, if the speed limit is
supplemented
with the
additional sign "weekdays"
.
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