According to the Federal Ministry of Transport, the federal and state governments in Germany have agreed on a new list of fines for drivers that violate the rules of the road.
Agreement on the new list was reportedly reached on Friday at the Transport Ministers’ Conference (VMK) hosted in Bremen.
A selection of the changes are as follows:
– General parking violations will be punished with a fine of €55, up from €15.
– Parking in a parking space for the disabled entails a fine of €55, up from €35.
– Anyone who parks by an officially marked fire brigade entrance or obstructs an ambulance must expect a fine of €100.
– Unauthorized parking in a parking space for electrically powered vehicles and car sharing vehicles shall result in a fine of €55.
– Overtaking in the emergency lane shall result in a fine of between €200 and €320 as well as a month’s driving ban.
– Truck drivers who violate the newly introduced obligation to only drive their truck at a “walking pace” when turning right in urban areas will be fined €70 euros.
– The illegal use of sidewalks, cycle paths and hard shoulders by vehicles shall be punished with a fine of up to €100 euros, up from €25.
– The fine for causing unnecessary noise and avoidable exhaust pollution (e.g. by keeping the engine running) will be increased from €20 to €100.
– When it comes to speeding fines, the more significant the speeding infringement is, the more expensive the fine:
- 10 km/h too fast: €30 instead of €15
- 11 km/h – 15 km / h too fast: €50 instead of €25
- 16 km/h – 20 km / h too fast: €70 instead of €35
- 21 km/h – 25 km / h too fast: €115 instead of €80
- 26 km/h – 30 km / h too fast: €180 instead of €100
- 31 km/h – 40 km / h too fast: €260 instead of €160
- 41 km/h – 50 km / h too fast: €400 instead of €200
- over 70 km/h too fast: €800 instead of €680 euros
Germany’s Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer (CSU) has described the agreement as a “huge breakthrough” and a “very fair compromise”.
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