No parking is not allowed. Stopping is. For a few minutes. They will tow you if you park there.
No, parking on the footpath is not allowed, since it’s, you know, meant for pedestrians.
I don’t know how the street looks around this sign, but there might be designated parking spots where you are allowed to park, while the sign forbids to park on the shoulder or whatever area there is right of the lanes in the road.
A round sign like that with one red line is a “Parkverbot” and basically tells you “stopping yes, parking no” – meaning you can only stay for a few minutes and should stay near your car at all times. A sign like that which has two crossing lines is a “Halteverbot*”, meaning you’re not allowed to stop or park the car at all. Since there’s an arrow pointing to the right, parking anywhere on the right of that sign is not allowed, until there’s another sign with the arrow pointing to the left which ends the no-parking-zone. If it’s a one way street where you could stop/park on either side, the sign only applies on the side it’s on.
The black and white sign specifies that the sign applies to side stripes specifically. Often you’ll also see signs that specify they apply to the sidewalk.
The lowest one is just them threatening you with towing your car if you do park there.
The “Seitenstreifen” is between the part of the road where cars actually drive and the curb — so everything that is not the main carriageway or the footpath. It is not normally allowed to drive on this area, unless you’re driving a slow vehicle and it’s the only way of allowing others to overtake; cyclists may ride here if there is no cyclepath.
On autobahns and other express routes this is an emergency lane, only to be used if your vehicle breaks down. Elsewhere it is normally allowed to park on this area, unless there is a sign expressly forbidding it.
Legally, “parking” means stopping for more than three minutes, or stopping and leaving the vehicle. The arrow signifies that this sign is at the end of the no-parking zone, so it is legal to park *behind* this sign (to the left of this photo) but not in front of it (to the right).
Whether the parking rules are enforced is another matter. If you regularly see people parking illegally, that’s likely because people have reason to believe they’ll get away with it.
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No parking is not allowed. Stopping is. For a few minutes. They will tow you if you park there.
No, parking on the footpath is not allowed, since it’s, you know, meant for pedestrians.
I don’t know how the street looks around this sign, but there might be designated parking spots where you are allowed to park, while the sign forbids to park on the shoulder or whatever area there is right of the lanes in the road.
A round sign like that with one red line is a “Parkverbot” and basically tells you “stopping yes, parking no” – meaning you can only stay for a few minutes and should stay near your car at all times. A sign like that which has two crossing lines is a “Halteverbot*”, meaning you’re not allowed to stop or park the car at all. Since there’s an arrow pointing to the right, parking anywhere on the right of that sign is not allowed, until there’s another sign with the arrow pointing to the left which ends the no-parking-zone. If it’s a one way street where you could stop/park on either side, the sign only applies on the side it’s on.
The black and white sign specifies that the sign applies to side stripes specifically. Often you’ll also see signs that specify they apply to the sidewalk.
The lowest one is just them threatening you with towing your car if you do park there.
*Halteverbot sign for reference: https://www.absperrshop.de/halteverbotszonen-set-profi-27-teilig-mobil-extra-standfest.html?gclid=CjwKCAiAtdGNBhAmEiwAWxGcUocDA81RdQpwkAcCBanVUTLeufKehFXoMG2hoMkl5MW3KTHaPl95BhoCO20QAvD_BwE
The “Seitenstreifen” is between the part of the road where cars actually drive and the curb — so everything that is not the main carriageway or the footpath. It is not normally allowed to drive on this area, unless you’re driving a slow vehicle and it’s the only way of allowing others to overtake; cyclists may ride here if there is no cyclepath.
On autobahns and other express routes this is an emergency lane, only to be used if your vehicle breaks down. Elsewhere it is normally allowed to park on this area, unless there is a sign expressly forbidding it.
Legally, “parking” means stopping for more than three minutes, or stopping and leaving the vehicle. The arrow signifies that this sign is at the end of the no-parking zone, so it is legal to park *behind* this sign (to the left of this photo) but not in front of it (to the right).
Whether the parking rules are enforced is another matter. If you regularly see people parking illegally, that’s likely because people have reason to believe they’ll get away with it.