Parking offenders in Vienna: 36 euros for making a mistake about the parking ban!

Parking offenders in Vienna: 36 euros for making a mistake about the parking ban!

A driver from Vienna recently learned a bitter lesson about parking rules. Marko* wanted to park his vehicle near Mariahilfer Straße on Wednesday morning. Despite a sign lifting a parking ban, he parked right next to it. But his supposed certainty turned out to be a fallacy - he received a fine of 36 euros. According to the report by Today At 9:37 a.m., a parking sheriff checked that Marko had parked his car on a solid yellow line that indicates a parking ban.

Magistrate Department 67 made it clear that the penalty was justified because the yellow line has been used in Vienna since 2013 to mark parking and stopping bans. These new markings are intended to help reduce the overuse of traffic signs. Yellow lines are now also used in other federal states to mark similar parking violations. Therefore, the entire Marko area remains unaffected by the parking ban.

Parking experts beware!

How extensive the fines for parking violations are in Austria is documented bussgeld-info.de in their current catalog of fines for 2024. The offense of illegal parking can quickly lead to costs of 25 to 100 euros, depending on the severity of the violation. Various factors, such as parking on a pedestrian crossing or near junctions, can also influence the amount of the fine. Proper parking is not just a question of order, but can also cost a lot of money!