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The reporter's diary2020
February 27: I already know that I want to continue to review the parking industry. There is a lot to say and my tip inbox is boiling right now. I now need help with two things: First, I want to talk to people in the parking industry. What is it like to work as a parking attendant? In addition, I want to take a closer look at how the agreements are written between landowners and parking companies. Do you have access to such agreements? Get in touch!
February 27: This weekend I publish several articles about how the police handle parking matters. It turns out that in some cases, motorists have had to wait for two years for decisions when contesting their fines - despite the fact that by law they had to pay them directly. At the same time, the police drive parking cases all the way to the Supreme Court against motorists who have paid and tried to do justice for themselves. I hope for a good answer about how the police choose to prioritize their work. Read more here, this weekend!
February 2: Given how many tips I received on this topic, and given how many who seem to have taken part in the previous reviews, I am considering bringing this review to life again. Therefore, I now look for tips that can carry the review further. Did I miss something in the last review? Has something happened that is worth highlighting? Tell me here!
2019
April 16: I received hundreds of tips on parking fines during my review. Very many of them contain, or have an undertone of, system criticism. You are many who question the legal security of our parking laws. I have talked to a researcher who has delved into our system, and her criticism is very similar to you. Even the industry itself believes that there is much that can be improved.
Systemic criticism has been around for a long time, for example, I have read individual MPs' motions to bring about a change, but the response from politicians has been weak. Wondering if the changes that have happened in Norway and Denmark recently will have our politicians thinking about? Or to think about this at all, maybe I should write?
April 12: The other day, an ARN decision came in the question of whether it should be okay to make a mistake like buttoning O instead of a zero in, for example, a ticketless parking vending machine. The answer: No, even though the circumstances are deplorable, it was not obviously unreasonable to issue the inspection fee ”. I know from my extensive influx of tips that you are many who disagree. Please look at our mapping of the Swedish parking rules on April 16. Do we need to do something about this in Sweden?
April 11: Feel free to follow up on our parking history from Mälarsjukhuset in Eskilstuna. Now the county council says that the parking vending machines should be reprogrammed. Wondering how fast it can be done?
April 10: You are incredibly disappointed by the Swedish rules. I have also talked to several experts and after my survey which will soon be published, we are considering throwing the entire Swedish parking system in Plus classic garbage can. Will it be so? Check out SVT Play at 1pm on April 16!
April 1: After yesterday's publication, I have received an influx of tips I have never seen before. Before I have read a tip comes the next. For this reason, we have chosen to include another section where we can address this. A total of four episodes this season. Thanks everyone for the commitment!
March 29: I have learned a lot of exciting details about parking fines lately. Among the first things I had to figure out were the different types of parking fines available. After all, it really is called "parking notes" and "inspection fees". You can learn more about it here. I have also looked up how to counteract fines that you think are wrong. Here I have collected four tips!
March 21: I have my nose deep in parking investigations, team formulations and other exciting things right now. I am planning several different publications on this topic, where among other things I want to seek answers to the question of Sweden's legislation on parking is really completely updated. To be continued.
March 20: Now I have interviewed a woman who dialed in an O instead of a zero when she would enter her reg number, but who still can't get the fine written off. Apparently there are also many more who have experienced the same thing, even in the same parking lot. More on this soon. I think this specific problem is very exciting, not least because different countries seem to look at it in different ways!
March 14: After a short break with other tasks, I now take a new grip on the p-fines. Among other things, I have come across an interesting judgment in Denmark, which prohibits municipalities and parking companies from dismissing disputes relating to when someone has entered a number / letter wrong in, for example, a parking app. At the same time, I know that the Swedish General Complaints Board assessed a similar situation to the benefit of the car company. Wondering why this is different?
March 6: Tomorrow I will interview a researcher in parking law. She has a great deal to say about the Swedish system around p-fines and can also compare our system with those of our Nordic neighbors, which according to her differ quite significantly. It should be exciting to hear more, especially since her approach is similar to the picture my tips together give: that the insight into how the parking companies make their assessments leaves a lot to be desired.
March 5: Today you can read about Mary. She was fined for a guest parking because she was written in the area. But she neither lives there nor has access to her regular parking space because she rents out the apartment in the alternative. After I started asking questions to the parking company they now write off the fine of SEK 650. But interestingly, they claim at the same time that they have done everything right. There clearly seem to be exceptional situations that are a little extra exciting to root in.
February 22: Next week I will meet Maria, who was fined despite paying correctly. The reason was that she parked in a guest car park when she was still writing at a residence nearby. But although she can prove that she rented out the apartment in the second place, she is not allowed to tear the fine. It will be exciting to hear more!
If I am already trying to see a pattern among all the tips that have come in, it would probably be that many experience a reluctance among the parking companies to make logical arguments. I will try to follow that up and seek answers to!
February 16: Now I have rotated a bit in our article archive, and found two slightly strange stories on the same theme. Both Till and Johanna were fined in a city and their cars were never in. Please read, because there is a lot of interesting law and interpretations of the law around this!
February 15: Then we start a new review, but high hopes for good help from our tips! It will be exciting to put your teeth into a whole new topic, and I have already noticed that it boils down to commitment on the issue. For example, read some of the tips we received in this article, or our posts in social media. Hope for even more tips!