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Pensioners in need: Helper pays fine for a good deed – keep your eyes open in the parking garage!
A pensioner in Vienna receives a severe fine after helping a driver. Experts recommend purchasing vignettes in good time.
Pensioners in need: Helper pays fine for a good deed – keep your eyes open in the parking garage!
An incident in a parking garage in Vienna is currently causing a stir. A 40-year-old man named Florian helped a desperate pensioner who was having problems with his parking permit. He let the pensioner drive out of the garage with his own card. Months later, however, Florian received a lawyer's letter from the operator of the parking garage demanding a fine of 585.30 euros. This punishment resulted from Florian's aid campaign, which many consider to be unfair.
Florian's insurance only recognized partial liability, which means that he has to pay the fine himself. What is particularly noteworthy is that the traffic tickets Florian received were from 2020 and 2021, when the pensioner no longer owned the vehicle.
Other fines and traffic violations
A similar incident illustrates the problem of vignettes in Austria. A driver from Vienna bought an annual vignette online for 103.80 euros, but received a parking ticket for 120 euros. The reason for this was that the vignette is only valid after a 14-day cancellation period. Therefore, experts recommend taking care of the vignette in good time, as immediate activation after purchase cannot be guaranteed.
In addition, another driver, Brigitte M., also had to pay 120 euros because her vignette was not completely detached from the carrier film and was therefore invalid.
These incidents shed light on road traffic penalties in Austria, as shown in a detailed list of traffic violations and their penalties provided by the state police directorates and the ÖAMTC legal department. According to this overview, the sentences are guidelines that can vary depending on the severity of the offense. Speeding violations, for example, can cost from 45 to 7,500 euros, depending on the severity of the offense and the measurement method.
For more information about traffic violations in Austria and their penalties, see ÖAMTC. Detailed background information on Florian's case can be found at Focus.