As of: March 18, 2024, 5:09 a.m
By: Simon Mones
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Anyone who wants to drive out of the parking garage can easily find themselves under time pressure.
After all, you pay at a pay machine before you leave.
But do you really have to rush?
Especially in big cities, finding a parking space can often become a nightmare.
If there is anything free on the street at all, you are only allowed to stand there with a correctly set parking disc and only for a certain amount of time.
In other places, you need a valid parking ticket that you can pass on to other drivers.
It's much more relaxed to park in the parking garage, where you only have to pay when you want to drive out.
But how long do you actually have time for this?
A question that everyone has probably asked themselves at some point.
Panic can break out, especially when the car is parked in the far corner and you're full of shopping bags.
After all, it takes time to stow everything away and there could be other drivers waiting at the barrier.
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Exiting the parking garage: This is how Contipark and Apoca regulate it
It is not possible to say in general how much time you have before the barrier no longer opens and you have to pay additional money.
The parking garage operators themselves determine the waiting period between paying and driving out.
Contipark writes on its website that around 15 minutes are usual.
However, the time window depends on the local conditions.
How much time you have to leave the parking garage is not uniformly regulated.
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The operator Apcoa says that “enough time” is taken into account for the journey from the pay station to the car and then to the exit and that this is tailored to the size of the car park.
The time period is specifically set, for example in the Dresden Mitte car park: it is 20 minutes.
Exit from the parking garage: Drivers can exit from 10 to 15 minutes
However, there is no generally applicable regulation.
The size of the parking garage also plays a role.
But you can assume about 10 to 15 minutes, explained the Federal Parking Association of the
German Press Agency.
The traffic lawyer Ingo-Julian Rösch from Nuremberg would also consider a quarter of an hour after paying the parking ticket to be the upper limit.
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If the parking garage regulates the time after payment in its terms and conditions, the regulation must be reasonably fair.
For example, a period of five minutes in a large parking garage is not considered fair.
In the event of a dispute, a court would set a reasonable period of time.
The judicial regulations are “rather generous”.
Additional payment necessary: consumer loses out initially
But who goes to court because of a few euros in additional payment for a parking ticket?
First of all, according to Rösch, the consumer inevitably seems to lose out if, after paying, he rushes to the car, prepares everything for departure, drives to the exit and still has to make an additional payment.
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“The most practical solution is to first pay this amount with reservations,” advises Rösch.
It is advisable to keep the receipts as evidence and then contact the parking garage operator.
It is possible that they will be accommodating and refund the amount paid.
(With material from dpa)
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