Road parking signs and their meaning. What does a paid parking sign look like and what does it mean?

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Not all drivers living in small towns know what a paid parking sign is and how to pay for parking. The first such parking lots appeared in the capital. The parking had a positive effect on traffic on the roads: it eliminated traffic jams caused by randomly parked cars and brought additional income to the city budget.

Paid parking area is a designated parking area marked with the letter “P”. The received data on vehicles located in the parking lot are analyzed, beneficiaries and drivers who paid for the service are identified, and provided to the traffic police. Information about offenders is checked and sanctions are applied to them.

Paid parking sign in Voronezh 5.35, sign 10 15 20 which means: Determining the parking location

To avoid becoming an unwitting traffic violator by parking in the wrong place, all permitted and specially equipped areas for parking vehicles are marked with appropriate parking signs. This sign is clearly visible on the road - the Latin letter P is located on a bright blue background. If the driver left his car in the coverage area of this sign, he can be sure that the rules have not been violated and the car cannot be towed.

In addition to the above method of informing drivers about the permitted parking of a vehicle, a road sign 10 15 20 parking can be installed - in this case, leaving the car here is also acceptable, but no longer free. The cost of services is not fixed and can be set independently in each region. Many modern car enthusiasts either do not know what the parking sign 10 15 20 means, or consider it a relic of the Soviet era. In fact, the installation of such a sign is still legal today.

The Paid Parking sign, of course, cannot be installed wherever you please. The location where a parking space is provided for a fee is agreed upon with the municipality and the traffic police, as well as the cost of such a service. Such a sign can be used not only in conjunction with a parking sign, but also in conjunction with other signs. In this case, such a “kit” will warn the motorist that travel along the section of the road ahead may be subject to a toll.

Paid parking sign in Voronezh 5.35, sign 10 15 20 which means: Categories of persons are exempt from paying parking fees

disabled people and their representatives; combat veterans;

concentration camp prisoners;

parents with many children (having more than two children);

electric vehicle drivers;

motorcyclists;

emergency services personnel.

Residents of nearby houses are provided with preferential conditions for using parking spaces. All other citizens are required to pay, and failure to comply with the law is punishable by fines.

Unscrupulous drivers will have to pay 2,500 rubles for non-payment. If, in addition, they tried to close the registration numbers in any way, the penalty will increase to 5,000.

But there are cases when, when paying through a mobile application, money is withdrawn from the account, and then a collection order is sent for unpaid parking. In such a situation, the car owner must challenge the fine within 10 days and attach a screenshot of the page describing the payment parameters. The address of the required organization is located on the parking meter.

If after this the punishment has not been canceled, a lawsuit should be filed. Write an application and attach to it a resolution on bringing to administrative responsibility, as well as documents confirming the deposit of funds. There is no need to pay state duty. The court will issue a ruling to dismiss the violation case and cancel the penalties.

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The first paid state parking lots appeared on the streets of Moscow relatively recently, in 2013. Such an experiment, as noted by representatives of the capital’s Department of Transport, managed to bring positive results: in addition to additional financial injections into the city budget, such an “innovation” made it possible to significantly streamline vehicle parking on city streets.

But the negative aspects of this innovation were not long in coming: many drivers unwittingly found themselves in violation due to the resulting confusion with road signs posted along with existing ones. There are often cases when, in such urban traffic conditions, even an experienced driver cannot always easily determine where the paid parking zone begins and, no less important, where it ends. Let's try to figure out what the territory of paid parking spaces is. What should a “paid parking” road sign look like? How should I pay for a parking space, and in what cases is it not necessary to pay for parking?

How are parking zones organized and controlled?

Paid parking spaces are, as a rule, a specially equipped and landscaped area adjacent to the side of the road, roadway, sidewalk, bridge, and so on. The state parking zone on a paid basis is intended for organized legal parking of vehicles. On the territory allocated for these purposes, there are road markings for parking spaces and an indication of paid parking - the “Paid Parking” sign.

Paid parking zones are controlled by special vehicles - parking lots. When entering the parking area at the parking lot, a recording device is activated via GPS, which includes two cameras for recording the license plates of currently parked cars and the general plan of the parking lot. The license plates of vehicles marked in the parking area are transferred to an electronic database, after which a special program analyzes the received data. As a result, the database automatically eliminates vehicles belonging to the preferential category of drivers, special vehicles and cars that have paid for paid parking services. Along with parking vehicles, parking inspectors are on duty in the paid parking area, recording information about parked vehicles using a tablet computer.

Information about violators is transmitted every evening to the Traffic Police Traffic Police Center, where final processing of the data is carried out, as a result of which the driver who violated the rules for using state paid parking receives a notice of a fine, confirmed by a photograph of the offense. How to avoid fines for an illegally parked car?

Where can I park my car? What do the parking spaces look like?

In urban environments, especially on central streets, finding a parking space can be very difficult. But even if you managed to park the car in such a way that parking does not seem to bother anyone at first glance, the driver may be in for an unpleasant surprise in the form of a fine or the car being towed to an impound lot. How to find the “right” place for your vehicle? The current traffic rules have adopted a single road sign 6.4 “Parking”, which looks like a white letter “P” on a blue background.

This road sign may be supplemented below by another sign indicating the type of transport for which the parking spaces are intended and the method of parking, a sign indicating the coverage area of the parking area, a sign “Parking for the disabled” and others. The parking space indicated by these road signs may be free or paid. How can we understand that there is a sign in front of us indicating paid parking?

What does the “Paid parking” sign include?

In order not to become a violator of the rules regarding paid state parking, the driver needs to know what the paid parking sign looks like. What road signs indicate that you need to pay for a parking space? The main “distinctive feature” that allows you to identify a paid parking sign is the road sign 8.8, located under the parking sign. This is a white plate with a stylized image of three “coins” - three black circles with the numbers “10”, “15”, “20”.

How is the paid parking area designated?

How to determine where the zone reserved for paid parking spaces begins and ends? The beginning of the paid parking zone is a sign that complements the paid parking sign, “10 15 20” (which means paid parking). Without this tandem of road signs, any parking area cannot be considered a paid parking lot.

The end of the parking zone in which a paid parking sign is in force is indicated by a sign depicting a diagonal strikethrough of the “Parking” sign. Another signal for the completion of any, free or paid, parking may be sign 3.27 “Stopping is prohibited.”

Additionally, the state paid parking zone is indicated by a sign - a shield with the inscription “You are entering a paid parking zone.” In the same way, a road sign “You are leaving a paid parking area” should indicate the end of this area. But such signs are not available everywhere.

Methods of paying for a parking space

Another question that may arise for a driver who is using paid parking for the first time: where and how can I pay for this service? There are currently five available methods for depositing funds:

Pay through a special parking meter terminal. To do this, you will need to buy a scratch card in advance at one of the mobile operators or use your regular bank card. You cannot pay in cash on these machines. The instructions for further manipulations are quite simple: insert the card, select the interactive “Pay” button on the parking meter screen, confirm the data (paid time, parking number), pay. You should definitely keep the coupon (receipt), which in case of disputes will be the main confirmation of timely payment for the parking space.
Via SMS message (any telecom operator). This can be done quite quickly and easily - you need to send a message of the following type to a single number 7757: “parking number * state registration number of your car * amount of time (in hours) that the car will stay in the parking lot.” After this action, payment will be made from your mobile account. The only thing you should take care of in advance is that there is a sufficient amount of money in your phone account. In a similar way, you can, if necessary, extend previously paid time by sending SMS “x1” to the same number (a different number of hours may be indicated instead of “1”). When leaving a paid parking lot, send the message “S” to 7757. In this case, the unspent balance of funds will be returned to the driver’s mobile account. The disadvantage of this method: some mobile operators may additionally charge a commission for the operation.
Via an Internet application installed on a smartphone. You will need to install the “Parking” application of your city: go to the “Parking Space” website (“Moscow Parking Space” for metropolitan drivers) and register, receiving a “Personal Account” to work on the portal. Download from the website and install a special application on your smartphone. Top up your electronic cash account on the parking portal to pay for a parking space. After this, payment for parking will look like this: when entering the paid parking area, the driver must launch the mobile application, enter the electronic “Personal Account” and activate the “Park” button. To terminate the payment time, the application is equipped with a “Leave” button, and to extend the paid time, extend it accordingly.
Deposit money to pay for parking through a regular payment terminal (for example, QIWI) using a section specially designed for this.
Among other things, drivers have the opportunity to buy a parking pass for the coverage area of state paid parking lots. This document is purchased for a period of one month or a year and allows you to use paid parking without paying an hourly fee. The disadvantages of this payment method are that the subscription is valid not 24 hours a day, but only from 06:00 to midnight.

What to do if you can’t pay for parking in a paid parking lot?

As has already become clear, for law-abiding drivers who pay for a parking space on time, various payment options are available. For situations where, for some reason, it is not possible to use the available methods of depositing money for parking, there is a Single Center, which the driver can contact by phone. The Center's employees will register the appeal and issue the driver with the appropriate number, which in the future will be the basis for preventing collection.

How far does the sign apply?

So, knowing what all the legally required paid parking zone designations look like, and strictly observing the established procedure for using state paid parking, the law-abiding driver has an excellent opportunity to safely leave his vehicle in a comfortable parking lot without the risk of receiving a fine or becoming a “victim of a tow truck.” However, due to the regular expansion of specially designated areas for paid parking spaces, not all paid parking areas may be marked or equipped with signs indicating the beginning and end of the parking area. In this case, are there any ways to know for sure how far after the sign the “Paid parking” sign applies?

If there is a parking sign without additional indication of the length of the parking zone by other signs, parking vehicles is allowed up to the first intersection, but no more than 5 m before the road intersecting the roadway with the parking zone.
To indicate the extent of the zone covered by the “Paid parking” sign, the traffic rules provide for a special road sign 8.2.1 called “Validity zone”. It looks like a sign with a black number and arrows on a white background and is placed, like other specific road signs, under the “Parking” sign. The number indicated on the sign indicates the length of the parking zone in meters.
The area suitable for stopping vehicles, located before the paid parking signs, does not fall within the coverage area of the road sign. There will be no charge for parking in front of the “Paid Parking” sign, but a driver who leaves the car outside the official parking zone risks violating other traffic regulations.
Territories belonging to the courtyards of nearby houses cannot be included in paid parking zones.

It is important! You should also remember about the effect of other road signs installed in the same area as the paid parking sign. For example, a road sign such as “No Parking” placed near an officially posted parking lot significantly reduces the coverage area of the sign 6.4. Therefore, if the territory is not marked with signs of the beginning and end of the parking zone, you should be guided by the above “Area of Action” sign and road markings.

Who has the right to use paid parking without paying?

Does a paid parking sign always mean that you have to pay for parking? The current traffic rules and legislation regulating the principles of organizing city paid parking spaces establish a number of categories of benefit drivers who have the right to use free paid parking spaces:

Disabled people and legal representatives of children with disabilities.
WWII veterans.
Large families.
Participants in the defense of the city of Moscow.
Drivers of electric vehicles.
Persons who were prisoners of concentration camps as minors during the Second World War.
Motorcyclists.
Emergency vehicles.

The above-mentioned road users have the right to obtain a parking permit based on supporting documents. Separately, regulations governing the rules for using state paid parking lots stipulate the conditions for preferential parking for residents or tenants of housing located in the territory to which paid parking belongs. Residents of houses in the parking area are entitled to the following benefits:

Owners (tenants) have the right to obtain a resident permit for themselves - a document confirming the right to use paid parking spaces free of charge every day from 20:00 to 08:00 (but no more than two permits per household).
Based on residency rights, you can additionally receive an annual subscription, which allows you to use parking during the daytime at a reduced cost (from 3,000 rubles).

You can apply for a discounted parking pass and a permit for free overnight parking by contacting the nearest MFC department.

It is important! Preferential parking conditions do not apply to drivers who have unpaid (overdue) fines for traffic violations. For this reason, it is necessary to promptly check information about the absence of such debts through the State Traffic Inspectorate website or the State Services portal.

When can I park for free?

As recently as 2015, an experiment by the Moscow Government was completed and was recognized as very successful, suggesting a procedure for using paid parking spaces for free on public holidays and on officially accepted weekends. In accordance with the new changes, paid parking zones marked with signs indicating that no payment for parking is charged on weekends and holidays, drivers can use free of charge:

Every Sunday and Saturday following a public holiday.
On non-working holidays.
On days off officially postponed on the basis of federal laws.

The exception is parking lots, where signs “Parking on weekends is paid” are installed.

Problems that arise when using paid parking

Unfortunately, we have to admit that the organization of paid parking has a number of shortcomings. Despite the ongoing work to eliminate shortcomings, there are still a lot of complaints and questions related to paid parking on motorist forums. Such comments from “clients”, vehicle drivers, are most common:

Confusion with road signs. Most often, this is due to the “human factor”. For example, road signs may be installed incorrectly. Or the driver discovers road signs that contradict the vehicle parking permit near the place where the “10 15 20” paid parking sign was recently installed, which means the following: due to an oversight, the previous signs were not dismantled. Often such misunderstandings are eliminated by the installers themselves or by a call (complaint) from the drivers.
Uneven or worn parking lot markings.
Fines due to parking meter errors. Most often, this is a simple technical failure, due to which information about payment or the location of the car was transferred untimely or not at all to the general database of the parking space. Such fines can be easily challenged, especially if you have a saved ticket in hand.

At a permitted vehicle parking area, a road sign 10 15 20 parking may be installed - in this case, leaving the car here is also acceptable, but no longer free. The cost of services is not fixed and can be set independently in each region. Many modern car enthusiasts either do not know what the parking sign 10 15 20 means, or consider it a relic of the Soviet era. In fact, the installation of such a sign is still legal today.

Such a sign can be used not only in conjunction with a parking sign, but also in conjunction with other signs. In this case, such a “kit” will warn the motorist that travel along the section of the road ahead may be subject to a toll.

The beginning of the paid parking zone is a sign that complements the paid parking sign, “10 15 20” (which means paid parking). Without this tandem of road signs, any parking area cannot be considered a paid parking lot.

Who is allowed to use the parking for free?

The current traffic rules and legislation regulating the principles of organizing city paid parking spaces establish a number of categories of benefit drivers who have the right to use free paid parking spaces

Disabled people and legal representatives of children with disabilities.
Veterans of the Great Patriotic War. Large families. Participants in the defense of the city of Moscow.
Drivers of electric vehicles.
Persons who were prisoners of concentration camps as minors during the Second World War. Motorcyclists.
Emergency vehicles.

The above-mentioned road users have the right to obtain a parking permit based on supporting documents. Separately, regulations governing the rules for using state paid parking lots stipulate the conditions for preferential parking for residents or tenants of housing located in the territory to which paid parking belongs. Residents of homes in the parking area are entitled to the following benefits.

Owners (tenants) have the right to obtain a resident permit for themselves - a document confirming the right to use paid parking spaces free of charge every day from 20:00 to 08:00 (but no more than two permits for one household). Based on the residence permit, you can additionally obtain an annual subscription that allows you to use parking during the daytime at a reduced cost (from 3 thousand rubles).

You can apply for a discounted parking pass and a permit for free overnight parking by contacting the nearest MFC department. Preferential parking conditions do not apply to drivers who have unpaid (overdue) fines for traffic violations. For this reason, it is necessary to promptly check information about the absence of such debts through the State Traffic Inspectorate website or the State Services portal.

Amount of fines for violating parking rules

Since paid and free parking signs are often located along the roadway itself, cars left chaotically in such an area can easily create a lot of difficulties for the free passage of other vehicles.

To avoid this, the sign allowing parking is often equipped with a sign that shows a specific way to park a car in this place, for example, by partially driving onto the sidewalk. If this condition is not met, it may be equated to a violation of parking rules, with all the ensuing consequences.

Quite often, especially near socially significant objects, you can see a riser sign, to which is attached a sign with a picture of a wheelchair. The meaning of this “kit” is clear without any explanation - it is a parking lot for vehicles driven by people with disabilities.

Very often such parking spaces turn out to be free, which is what motorists try to take advantage of. Before parking on it, you should re-read the relevant traffic rules clause. It clearly states that parking here is possible only with the appropriate sticker and identification.

If they are missing, it is worth preparing the amount of 5 thousand rubles - this is exactly the fine provided for such a violation. In addition, the car can be easily evacuated. It also threatens in the case where the driver ignored the sign Parking on even and odd days - if there is a readable sign, incorrect parking of any car will inevitably result in it having to be taken from the impound lot.