Buses in Wiesbaden, Germany are being equipped with a camera to catch illegally parked cars

2 years ago by Vittelius to c/fuckcars

Wiesbaden kämpft gegen Falschparker, die Busspuren und Haltestellen blockieren: Um die Parksünder zu erwischen, haben einige Busse nun Frontkameras. Das soll auch gegen Verspätungen helfen.

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]

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SaintWacko 56 points 2 years ago

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

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teft 30 points 2 years ago

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.

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poo 15 points 2 years ago
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itchick2014 7 points 2 years ago

Here: you dropped this \

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steal_your_face 1 point 2 years ago

That’s sick. What city?

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smokinliver 10 points 2 years ago

In germany there is weg.li thats is almost as good. It also fills in automatically most of the infos on the cars so you can send the stuff yourself pretty quickly

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steal_your_face 2 points 2 years ago

There’s a website called Bike Lane Uprising that has a database of cars violating bike lanes. Could probably raise millions for cities if they allowed cyclists to report violations.

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