Flood of fines

Benko’s ex-furniture chain hunts down parking offenders

Only the sign "StVO applies here!" can be seen.(Bild: Uta Rojsek-Wiedergut)

After the change of ownership of kika/Leiner Möbelhandels Gmbh, not only did a few things change in the company register of the ailing company. The change has also had an impact on numerous parkers in front of the Kika furniture store in Klagenfurt. However, the penalty for "wrong parking" has a very curious reason.

The large parking lot in front of the Klagenfurt furniture store Kika has been extremely popular with commuters for decades. "And that has always been tolerated. I myself have parked there countless times, even outside of operating hours," says a "Krone" reader who received an unpleasant letter from a lawyer in Graz a few days ago.