Outraged Graz student
Parking incorrectly for three minutes – for 250 euros
Private parking lot business model: A student draws attention to a dizzying case in Graz's Brauquartier. The young man parked his car for a few minutes in a parking space rented from a private individual. With horrendous consequences.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The 25-year-old told "Krone" that he had illegally left his mother's car in the parking space for three minutes at the beginning of October. That was enough for a letter from a lawyer: the parking lot tenant's legal representative demanded a whopping 250 euros from the young man. Although the letter mentions a minimum parking time of ten minutes, this also raises the question of proportionality.
"Clearly marked as a private parking space"
The letter from mid-October reads: "On XX.10.2024 at XX.36 until at least XX.46, you blocked my client's parking space no. [...] by parking your vehicle with the registration number [...] at the designated parking space at the address Brauquartier [...], 8055 Graz, although this is clearly marked as a private parking space with a corresponding sign. This parking lot is rented by my client."
Several witnesses had observed the student's vehicle "and also photographed it". The man now has two weeks to transfer the required 250 euros and sign a cease-and-desist declaration (see above). If this does not happen, there is already an order to file a lawsuit. "However, I assume that you will accept the offer of an out-of-court settlement, which is also far more cost-effective," says the law firm based in Graz-Gries.
50 percent "student discount"
The 25-year-old was actually able to negotiate the amount demanded down to half. The other party agreed to a fine of 125 euros - partly because the parking offender was a student - and the case was settled for both sides.
For the young man, however, it is still an "enormous sum", which could have been even higher after making inquiries with his lawyer. Such cases are not new in Styria either, a legal gray area is used and, according to his legal representative, up to 800 euros could have been demanded. "I actually got off lightly," says the 25-year-old looking back.
"No matter whether Porsche or Seat"
As a student, the experience was nevertheless "very bitter". What particularly annoys him is the fact that everyone can be charged indiscriminately, however brief the offense may have been and regardless of the financial means of the parking offender. "It doesn't matter whether it's a Porsche or a Seat."
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