I couldn’t find an English language source, so here are some excerpts from the German one, translated with deepl [Stuff in brackets are additions by me]:
Wiesbanden bus driver Antonio Lopes recently got a yellow button next to his steering wheel: if he sees a parking offender blocking the bus lane or a bus stop, he can trigger the front camera. […] The images are sent to the traffic authorities. Drivers face a fine of around 70 euros. If they park in an environmental lane that is only intended for buses and bicycles, they will also receive a point in Flensburg. [Collect too many points and you loose your drivers licence]
It’d be cool if cyclists could sign up for a program like this. Just a little box on the handlebars that you press a button and it takes and sends a picture
They don’t make an SD card large enough for me to take that many photos. I spend almost half of the street portion of my ride dodging cars parked in the bike lane. It’s quite the contrast to when I’m in the woods on single track.
Should equip them with a bull catcher
Your wife?
The camera photographs the parking sorcerer, and the vehicle owner will eventually receive mail with a fine notice.
My browser is good at translating
Is this firefox translate beta? It really is bad lol, at least its not by googlr
It’s not super great in its current state, but it running local is definitely a good thing.
If they park in an environmental lane that is only intended for buses and bicycles, they will also receive a point in Flensburg.
Are they parking, or playing a tabletop RPG?
The point system is actually pretty clever, because it solves the issue of rich people just paying their way out. The points allowance is equally scarce for everyone. And it makes the stakes for repeat offenders very clear.
Does it hold the rich accountable when they hire others to drive them around and to break the law for them?
As a driver you’d lose your license and with that your job.
