New regulation

Rental scooter parking offenders must now pay a fine

Since the beginning of the month, scooters parked incorrectly have also been penalized in the Upper Austrian capital.

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Something that has long been commonplace in other cities now also applies in Linz: anyone who parks their rental e-scooter carelessly and illegally in the city will be asked to pay a fine of EUR 15 since the start of the year.

Carelessly parked rental e-scooters - on sidewalks, for example - are a nuisance in the city of Linz that simply could not be brought under control until now.

After towing away the scooters at the expense of the providers did not have the desired effect, and VP mobility officer Martin Hajart had even considered a general ban on rental scooters, there is now a new regulation.

Offenses will be fined 15 euros
The operators must now ask their parking offenders to pay, as dott (formerly tier) Country Manager Martin Skerlan confirmed in an interview with the "Krone" newspaper: "The city wants irregular behavior to be demonstrably sanctioned, which is why we have been asked to introduce parking fines." From now on, a fine of 15 euros will therefore be payable if rental scooters are not parked in the marked parking spaces in zones with fixed parking spaces or are parked illegally in the rest of the city.

In Vienna, the city's own parking control department enforces parking fines of 25 euros for non-compliance.