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    Need help deciphering German parking signs (No Stopping zone)


    I’m trying to understand a parking rule at this spot in Frankfurt and would appreciate some help.

    There is an absolute no parking sign (sign 283) with a left-pointing arrow, plus an additional sign saying delivery traffic free, weekdays 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., on the hard shoulder.

    In the attached photo, the white van is parked after the signpost in direction of travel. I parked my car at the same spot a few days ago and received a €25 fine.

    My understanding was that the arrow indicates the restriction stops ahead of the sign, so parking after it should be allowed. Clearly, that interpretation might be wrong.

    My questions:

    • Is the white van legally parked there?

• Does the left arrow mean “applies to the area before the sign” or something else?

• Does the “Lieferverkehr frei” exception appl y only to delivery vehicles and only on a formally marked Seitenstreifen?

    Any advice from locals or StVO experts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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    Posted by ksharma510

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    11 Comments

    2. maskedluna on

      You turn those signs in your head so that they’re parallel to the street. Then it means “from this point on in the direction of the arrow until the next sign indicating the end of the no parking zone”

    3. Available-Ratio13 on

      The arrow point to where the sign applies to. In this case, to the left is absolute Halteverbot.

      Exceptions are, if you are delivery (Lieferverkehr), e.g. the german post or UPS and such.

      The sing also applies only within the given hours. So between 7 AM and 8PM. Theoretically you could park there without issued between e.g. midnight and 3AM.

      It also sais (and of that I am only 85% sure) that everything applied to that Haltestreifen only, so where the white van is parked.

    4. attiladerhunne on

      you can’t park there mate. unless you are doing deliverys, which the van is porbaly doing. at night you can park but you gotta drive away before 7.

    5. Icedkk on

      It says from this sign to the direction of the arrow parking is not allowed, however over this rock-area during the workdays between 7-20 for the transporter vehicles of the shops around, parking is allowed.

    6. hdgamer1404Jonas on

      You are not allowed to park there unless:

      – You’re delivering stuff
      – It’s between 8pm and 7am
      – It’s a sunday or national holiday (Note that Saturday is considered a Werktag)

    7. Anon_08_15 on

      You’re right about the arrow.

      The no-parking sign only applies to the roadway.

      The supplementary signs state: Delivery vehicles may park on the shoulder on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

      Either the first supplementary sign, 1060-31 (also on the shoulder), was omitted.

      That would mean you’re not allowed to park there at all.

      (Only for deliveries during the specified times)

      Or it wasn’t omitted, and you are allowed to park on the shoulder. But then you’re allowed to park there all the time, and it doesn’t make sense to specifically permit delivery vehicles.

      Perhaps the authorities also wanted to express that only delivery vehicles are allowed to park on the shoulder during those times, and everyone else is.

      With this signage, in my opinion, a parking ticket for parking on the shoulder would not be permissible.