Car parkers bending the laws

There is very view parking space in the streets in cologne. We saw multiple times, that people nearly always park their car by the rules, but try to bend these. Parking just over the marking or with half of the car in a forbidden zone and with the other half in a legal space, is very common. Also the parking people try to park their car in such a way, that they do not disturb any driveway or the traffic. Many factors contribute to this situation, but in the end, the driver decides, where he parks and where not. If the situation is unclear, maybe, because the driver isn’t sure, if this is right or wrong, he/she observes the parking surroundings and looks for clues, if the car would block somebody’s way, or an entrance. He/she also thinks about the consequences. If he/she thinks, nobodys way is blocked and if the consequences will not be so drastic, like getting a ticket for 10 euro, he/she will take the chance and park his/her car on this spot, even, if it’s not clear, weather he parks by the laws.

If the situation is very clear, the driver decides just after the consequences, if he/she will break the consisting rules. But as all of us are egoists, the car parkers are so to. They would not park their car in front of a drive way, because it would block somebodys way, but they would think of the consequences and that this would mean, that they have to pay a huge fine and the car would probably be removed from the parking space.

When a parking situation or the consequenses are unclear or ambiguous, a potential carparker tends to decide according to his/her own advantage. When a parking situation is clearly defined, the parker tends to decide according to his/her consequences.

One thing that started happening in Curitiba a few months ago: As there were being too many irregularities on car parking in downtown Curitiba, the traffic department started