Index – Economy – Junk cars continue to occupy valuable parking lots



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It is annoying to go out on the street to see many wrecked vehicles throughout the city. Probably everyone has come across a rusty car, with the steering wheel lowered, damaged, spectacularly immobile for many months or even years. On the one hand, these cars spoil the aesthetics of the city and, on the other hand, more importantly, they take up free parking spaces.

The inspection of public areas will only remove a vehicle without a license plate

It is forbidden to store the vehicle on the main road without an official sign, that is, without a license plate, on the secondary road, without a permit to use public space, for a maximum of ten days.

– The Metropolitan Municipal Police Directorate (FÖRI) communicated with the Index, adding that a vehicle with a license plate placed in a public place, in a regular waiting room, regardless of the expiration of its technical license, had low wheels, was in poor aesthetic condition or only for a long time it is not used, it cannot be removed from public space.

That is to say, in everyday language, it is possible that vehicles called wrecked vehicles cannot be removed from public space or be the basis of an official measure, so that a vehicle duly placed with an official poster can wait indefinitely in a certain place .

The inspection of public space operated by the FÖRI has the right to transport vehicles that obstruct traffic, endangering public safety, as well as irregularly waiting vehicles parked in other ways specified in the KRESZ, as well as vehicles without signal official, who may only participate in road traffic with said sign.

Every year 30 to 50 cars are transported

FÖRI constantly inspects cars in its area of ​​jurisdiction, but public reports make the job much easier.

“However, it is important to mention that there are twenty-four public bodies operating in Budapest, and each body carries out the detection and removal of vehicles without an official signal in its area of ​​competence. Of course, there is a cooperation between the inspections of public space, so they notify each other if they have knowledge of a vehicle or other offense that has been illegally stored in the territory of the other body. FÖRI said.

Approximately 100-120 boxes of vehicles stored without an official placard are processed each year and 30-50 automobiles are transported.

Public space inspectors, if they spot a vehicle without an official sign during their patrol, they place a notice on the vehicle’s windshield, then check it in ten days, and if it’s still there, they can take it away. However, operators will recall most vehicles after notification.

What is the delivery process?

  1. The public space inspector will place a warning decal at the vehicle pick-up location, regardless of the reason for use, containing the legal basis for the pick-up, time, and information on vehicle replacement.
  2. After delivery, FÖRI will send a notice to the operator’s address, which will also include information about the recall and replacement data of the vehicle, and will draw attention to the fact that if the vehicle is not replaced within six months After withdrawal, it can be sold or destroyed by law. .
  3. The owner can take over the vehicle after reimbursing the fees specified in the law – the cost of removal and storage.
  4. If the vehicle is not replaced within six months, it will be valued and sold.

Vehicles stored without an official placard are the ones that cause the greatest problem by occupying empty spaces, which are particularly scarce, especially in the downtown area.

– FÖRI responded to our request. Furthermore, they destroy the street scene and often become the subject of a crime or offense because they begin to break down the street, steal wheels, lights, body parts, break vehicles and even

there was already an example of them getting into the car.

Municipalities can earn with it,
if there is not enough free parking space

But removing unlicensed cars alone will not solve the problem, because there are still vehicles on crowded streets without valid technical permits that are not transported by anyone, even though the badges are on them. Previously, this could be stated at first glance, but since the change of legislation in 2016, there is no longer a technical validity label on the plates, so it can only be consulted from the vehicle registry.

Fines are often not paid and this can be a reference for municipalities. Because according to Law I of 1988 on Road Transport a

A payment obligation may be imposed in respect of a waiting room and for a period in which the average occupancy of vehicle waiting rooms in a given period exceeds 70 percent.

That is, if more than 70 percent of the parking spaces are permanently occupied, they can rightly make a street or area where parking was previously free.



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