What does a paid parking sign look like and what does it mean?

Organization and control of the parking zone

The experiment to create paid public parking began in 2013. The Metropolitan Department of Transport notes the positive effect of the measures taken. On the one hand, additional funds began to flow into the local budget. The experiment also contributed to streamlining the use of parking lots by road transport in conditions of an acute shortage of parking spaces or long stops.

On the other hand, the negative side of this innovation should also be noted. The paid parking sign, together with the already installed signs, has become a curiosity for many motorists. This circumstance, in turn, led to the massive bringing of motorists of various categories to administrative responsibility for unintentional violation of existing traffic rules.

Often, drivers, even with impressive experience, make mistakes when determining the location of permitted parking, the prohibited stopping zone and the long stay of the car.

Therefore, it is so important to correctly navigate the terms developed by the Legislator. In order not to be fined, it is important to understand the meaning of the paid parking zone sign, the extent of its validity, and the designation of the territory intended for stopping and parking cars.

Fine for non-payment

It is clear that those who do not pay for the service will be punished. Fines are imposed in accordance with regional laws. In Moscow it is 2500 rubles, in Kazan – 1000 rubles, there are cities where the amount is 5000 rubles. And the car will be evacuated to a special parking lot, from where it will have to be rescued for a separate fee.

But sometimes it happens that there is no paid parking sign, but you receive a fine. It must be contested by first filing a complaint with the city agency responsible for organizing this type of parking. If this does not help, you should go to court.

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The paid parking sign has already become part of the road infrastructure. Neglecting it will result in higher costs than the standard service fee. But if one of the signs is missing, parking becomes free.

Meanings of signs

A paid parking zone means a specially designed and equipped area adjacent to a part of the road that allows vehicles to park safely.
Paid parking is intended for stopping and parking vehicles for a long time.

A specially designated paid parking area has:

• appropriate markings;
• indicated by a special sign or a complex of them;
• control is carried out with special metering devices.

The moment a car enters the parking zone of a special vehicle, the automatic fixation system via GPS is activated.

Two cameras installed in a specially designed device record the registration numbers of parked vehicles, as well as the general layout of the parking area. This is necessary to implement the ability to identify the location of the car. The information contained on the registration plates of a car recorded in a paid parking zone is sent to a special electronic database, where subsequent processing of the received data takes place.

Based on the analysis of information read and transmitted by cameras, both automatic recognition and screening of vehicles occurs.

Those presented in the following exhaustive list are excluded:

1. Owners who belong to the preferential category of citizens.
2. Special transport.
3. Cars whose owners have already paid for parking services.

As an auxiliary control measure, inspectors work in the paid parking area.
Their tasks include recording information about vehicles parked in the parking lot. Data is recorded directly onto electronic media. Every day, information about violations is transferred to a specialized Center at the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, where it is finally processed.

Details matter:

• at what time the violation was committed;
• Times of Day;
• day of the week;
• vehicle registration number indicating all numbers and letters;
• other information necessary to identify the offender.

Subsequently, the person who violated the paid parking rules is sent a notice of a fine issued to him along with a photograph confirming the above fact.

What are the consequences of non-payment?

It is important to remember that intentional or forced refusal to pay is fraught with penalties, the amount of which does not depend on the region. That is, regardless of where the violation occurred - in Moscow, St. Petersburg or Kazan, the driver will be issued a fine in the amount of 2.5 thousand Russian rubles. If, in addition to everything else, surveillance cameras record his attempt to hide vehicle license plates, then the amount of the penalty will be automatically doubled, amounting to 5 thousand.

It also happens that the owner of the vehicle paid for parking, but for some reason his payment was not recorded (stuck in the application, not included in the report by the parking employee when paying in cash, incorrectly processed by the terminal, etc.) In such situations, the resulting fine can be and needs to be contested, citing receipts for services, which should be kept for 10 days after using the paid parking zone.

The absence of an official cancellation of a fine is grounds for filing a claim with the administrative court at the place of residence.

In such situations, all receipts are attached to the claim, but the filing fee for the contested document is not paid. And in order to avoid such incidents in the future, you should pay carefully, preferring parking meters to paying in cash.

What does the sign look like and its meaning?

With congested municipal roads, finding a suitable parking space becomes a real challenge for the driver. Sometimes it seems that you have managed to find, at first glance, a suitable place to park, during which the vehicle will not disturb anyone. But even here the car enthusiast is in for an unpleasant surprise.

Monetary collection and vehicle towing are the most common methods of dealing with violators of Russian traffic rules.

Road sign 6.4. “Parking” indicates a place where a vehicle is permitted to be parked and is represented by a printed letter P in a square on a blue background. In addition to it, auxiliary signs and plates may be installed. What do they mean?

1. Types of vehicles covered by them.
2. Method of parking a car in a parking zone.
3. Parking spaces for vehicles driven by disabled people.

It is important to know the features of the designation of paid and free parking zones. Knowledge of the current traffic rules is the responsibility of every motorist.

Indication of paid parking

Many drivers wonder: what does the parking sign 10 15 20 mean?
The answer is simple and obvious - such a sign shows that this place is intended for paid parking. Often the sign is placed together with other signs, for example, establishing distance. This designation says that the beginning of the toll zone is counted from the place where such a symbiosis of signs is installed. If there is no distance marking, any demands to pay for parking under sign 6.4 are illegal.

Understanding the end of the paid parking zone is also quite simple. You need to pay attention to a similar “Parking” sign with 2 lines crossing it out or a separate “Parking or parking prohibited” sign. This designation will indicate that it is prohibited to leave the vehicle in the direction of travel outside the coverage area of ​​the permit signs.

You can often find specialized signs in the form of a shield notifying you of entering or leaving a paid parking zone.

How to make a payment

A driver who has no experience in using paid parking has a logical question: where and how to pay for parking services? To avoid getting into trouble in such situations, you need to know a few nuances.

There are 5 most common methods of transferring funds for using paid parking:

1. Use self-service terminals. To do this, you will need a special card, which can be purchased at a point of sale of mobile communication services or use an existing bank card. Payment is made by non-cash method. The payer needs to insert the card into the designated hole in the payment terminal and press the “Pay” button. Then - indicate the parking time and parking space number, and finally - make payment. You must keep your receipt. This document is actual evidence of depositing funds and in controversial situations is a key argument.
2. Use your mobile account by sending a short message to the unified number 7757. The message indicates the place, time, vehicle registration number, and duration of stay in the parking lot. To make a successful payment, you must have a positive balance on your mobile account. Extending the time a vehicle spends in the parking lot is carried out by re-sending a message to the same number with the content “x1”, where 1 is the number of hours. In this case, you can specify any length of time to extend the service. To get a refund for unused parking time, send a message to the same number. In the text, indicate the letter S. The disadvantage of this payment method is the high probability of additional operator fees for transferring funds.
3. Use self-service terminals. Select the required section from the menu and follow the instructions to make a payment.
4. Purchase a monthly or annual subscription for the right to use city paid parking lots. The coupon is valid from 6:00 am to 12:00 pm. If the driver leaves the car overnight, he will have to pay in any other way.
5. You can also use a special application. Most modern smartphone models already have such developments.

General information

Not long ago, paid parking began to appear in Russia, but the most work for this was done in Moscow, where all city parking is paid.

This helps relieve traffic, minimize the amount of interference that impedes the movement of other cars, and also serves as a good source of replenishment of the city budget.

But so that drivers immediately know where they will need to pay for parking, and where payment will not be required, special signs are installed.

Basic moments

Despite the fact that the parking lot has a special sign that looks like a white square with a blue background and a white letter “P,” paid parking is indicated by additional signs.

Photo: Paid parking road sign

This was done to prevent drivers from unknowingly parking in paid spaces and risking a fine.

Typically, paid parking lots are equipped with CCTV cameras and special vehicles that monitor incoming cars, record their license plates, and then control the payment procedure.

Foot inspectors patrolling parking lots can also identify a person who has not paid for parking.

What does the sign with the numbers 10 15 20 mean?

A white plate with three black circles and the numbers 10, 15, 20 is an additional sign that indicates the presence of paid parking.

It is the appearance of such a sign that is often of interest to drivers who are interested in what the “Paid parking” sign looks like.

In the traffic rules it is numbered 8.8 and carries a purely informational load, informing drivers of the need to pay.

Photo: road sign 8.8 traffic rules

But it is also placed at the beginning of the parking zone in order to notify the driver from which place the established tariff will have to be paid for the parked car.

Coverage area

Paid parking allows the driver to leave his car without fear, since their condition is constantly monitored by inspectors, and most of them have video surveillance systems installed that make it possible to record violations in real time and call traffic inspectors to a specific place.

But at the same time, not all signs have an indication of the distance at which they operate, so you need to consider different situations.

If a paid parking sign is placed without any restrictive signs at all, then it extends to the nearest intersection, but no closer than five meters to the intersection of roads, since this will already be a violation of traffic rules.

If there is still a section of road before the sign, then you can park on it for free, but you should look to see if there are any restrictive signs or norms there that will be violated when parking.

Paid parking cannot operate in the courtyards of residential buildings, since this space is used for parking cars of residents and their guests.

Legal basis

Payment for parking is regulated differently in different cities, depending on the decisions of local authorities, because they were given this right at the federal level.

For example, in Moscow, the procedure for creating paid parking lots, their arrangement and control over them, as well as receiving payment is regulated by Moscow Government Resolution 289, which sets out these norms.

But if the driver does not pay for parking, then this is already considered a violation specified in the Code of Administrative Offenses and its Chapter 12.

According to it, the inspector has the right to impose a hefty fine or call a tow truck, which will deliver the car to the impound lot, from where the driver himself will have to pick it up.

No way to pay

Despite a fairly wide range of payment methods, there are often situations when a car owner is unable to use any of them.

To avoid monetary penalties in the form of a fine and get a parking space for the required period, you should call the Unified Center where you can register your application.

The car owner will be assigned an appropriate number to avoid unlawful prosecution. Of course, in the future you will have to pay the cost of parking in any case.

How can I pay

Payment for the service is carried out in one of the following ways:

• Through a special terminal. This can be done using a scratch card or bank card purchased in advance from a mobile operator. One of them is inserted into the device, select the “Pay” option, enter the parking time, parking number, and other requested data.
• By sending an SMS to number 7757. It must contain vehicle data, parking time, and parking information. The money will be withdrawn from the phone. The stay time can be extended by sending an additional message, for example, “x1” (for 1 hour). Before leaving the place ahead of schedule, you should send an SMS with the letter “S”. The rest of the money will be returned to the owner.
• Through an application installed on the phone. You need to register on the city parking website and deposit funds into your account. When entering a paid parking lot, you should log into your account in the application and use the “Park” option. From this moment the countdown for the provision of the service will begin. When leaving, you need to use the “Leave” option.

The payment can also be transferred through a regular terminal by selecting the appropriate section. Or buy a subscription valid for municipal commercial parking lots.

Coverage Spread

Following the requirements of the Traffic Rules will allow you to avoid troubles from regulatory authorities in the form of a fine or evacuation of the vehicle, as well as safely leave the car for the required time. Recently, there has been a trend of constant expansion of parking zones. In this case, technical personnel may not have time to apply appropriate markings and mark the entire parking area.

In such cases, to independently determine the boundaries of the “Parking” sign, you need to know the following:

1. If the “Parking” sign does not have clarifying indications of its radius of action, then the vehicle can be left behind the place where it is installed up to the nearest intersection and no more than 5 meters of the road intersecting the roadway with the parking area.
2. Clarifying sign 8.2.1, placed with the “Parking” sign, contains information about the length of the parking zone and its direction.
3. Theoretically, you can try to leave the vehicle at the place where the sign is installed, and such parking will not be considered paid, but there is a high probability of being fined. You should carefully study the road situation for the presence of prohibitory signs and signs.
4. The adjacent territory, which belongs to the courtyard zone, cannot be used as paid parking, therefore, demands for payment are illegal.

Before stopping and leaving your vehicle, you must check all signs installed in the parking area so as not to become an unwitting traffic violator.

Traffic regulations on paid parking

Indoor and outdoor areas for the provision of transport storage services for a fee have a certain area and border.

Note!

If there are no signs defining the area of ​​the site, then the site is considered to be paid for 5 m to the nearest intersection.

For non-payment of services for storing cars in equipped parking lots, the administrative laws of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation provide for administrative sanctions. For example, in Moscow, the amount of an administrative fine can reach 5,000 rubles.

Payment benefits

Paid parking is an effective way to replenish the state treasury, however, the legislation of the Russian Federation provides for a number of categories of citizens who can freely use state parking services on privileged terms.

Only certain categories of citizens can park for free:

1. Incapacitated or partially capable citizens, as well as persons traveling with them, representing their interests, and accompanying disabled children.
2. Citizens who took part in the defense of Moscow.
3. Owners of cars equipped with an electric motor.
4. Participants of the Second World War.
5. Citizens who have the status of a member of a large family.
6. Victims of concentration camps.
7. Drivers of emergency municipal services.

The above categories of citizens are granted the right to obtain a parking permit, subject to the provision of documents confirming the benefit.

Residents of houses located in close proximity to the state parking zone also have a number of concessions:

• the right to use a parking lot free of charge from 20:00 to 8:00 am;
• the opportunity to obtain a subscription on preferential terms.

Drivers who have unpaid fines for traffic violations will not be able to receive benefits. Verification of current administrative documents is carried out through the state service portal or directly at the traffic police.

When does a paid parking zone become free?

To carry out maneuvers and safely park the car in a parking space, car owners are given 15 minutes, which are not paid. From the moment the paid parking time ends, they are given 10 minutes to leave the site. This time is not included in the parking price.

Note!

The period of paid stay on the site may be indicated by appropriate traffic symbols. If such periods are not indicated, then the fee for the presence of transport on the territory is charged around the clock.

In some settlements, in order to place cars in local areas with paid parking, owners obtain a special permit for free placement of cars in paid areas at night. Usually this is the period from 20.00 to 8.00.

In Moscow, the right to park vehicles on paid platforms is granted free of charge to:

Most common problems

In theory, everything is quite simple and clear - there is a special territory, there are payment methods and applicable rules, but in practice things are not so rosy.

Everything related to the collection of payment and mandatory fees is regulated by law and polished by practice to the point of automation, but with the appropriate arrangement of the parking area, systematic shortcomings are still being identified everywhere.

Some of the most common problems look like this.

1. Incorrect installation of road signs that contradict each other.
2. Poor condition of road markings in the parking area.
3. Technical failures of the payment acceptance terminal in the parking lot, leading to erroneous fines being issued to the driver.
4. Other errors that cause inconvenience to car owners.

These problems are well known, but no fundamental changes have been observed in solving them.

Paid parking sign (10 15 20)

It’s been 6 years since pilot paid parking lots were launched on the capital’s streets. This experiment had both positive and negative consequences. Thus, street parking has become much more orderly. Not all drivers immediately assessed this innovation positively, and even now there are still dissatisfied ones. The indignation of motorists is due, first of all, to the fact that some still do not understand what the “Paid parking” sign looks like, what “10 15 20” under the parking sign means and the distance to which it is valid.

Appeal

The procedural legislation of the Russian Federation provides for the possibility of car owners protecting their violated rights, including appealing illegally issued fines.
The law allows 10 days to prepare and submit an application to the court. The period is calculated from the moment the person receives notification of administrative liability.

The application shall indicate:

• full name of the body that is authorized to consider such cases;
• information about the applicant;
• table of contents of the document;
• the content part, in which the applicant reflects the essence of what happened, the circumstances of bringing to administrative responsibility;
• the motivational part, which contains the normative justification for the illegality of imposing a fine;
• documentary evidence of your position;
• the operative part, in which the applicant asks to recognize the administrative materials as illegal and cancel them.

Applying to the court to protect one's interests makes sense in cases where there is indisputable evidence of one's own innocence.

If the applicant relies solely on emotional and oral argumentation, then the court will consider such arguments insignificant and will leave the administrative materials in force.