For years, and perhaps decades.....around Wiesbaden, there was a fit for every single trade craftsman who arrived to spend an hour or two at some building in town, and could not find parking. The craftsman would drive around five minutes and eventually find some illegal place to park. He'd rush into the building and hope over the next thirty to sixty minutes...he'd finish up the job before the traffic-parking police would arrive to ticket him.
Sadly, the statistics were never in the favor of the craftsman, and they enjoyed tickets on a frequent basis. Small companies and operations took to the position of putting the cost of the tickets into their estimates. When you paid one-hundred Euro for a lock issue....a small portion of that was the ticket cost for the craftsman. It was nickel-and-diming the small business operations of Wiesbaden.
This past week, the city finally picked up a practice that several other towns in the region have explored and used....artisian parking.
You operate a small business? You go in and register your vehicles (up to six) for 305 Euro (roughly $375) for a year. This allows you a small sign for the vehicle which is the waiver for illegal parking. The city is blessing you in some fashion.....just pay this 'tax' and you avoid the various fines.
Still parking in illegal spots? Well....the city isn't going to say much on this or how you just get around the angle. You can't park near fire hydrants, or in zones where fire trucks must maneuver. Personally, I'm not sure if the waiver really fixes much of anything, except a small business guy only spends 305 Euro a year instead of two thousand on fines like they were doing. Maybe that's a positive.
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