taken from http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/1981/19810267#L2P26 and translated it to english.
Road Traffic Act
CHAPTER 1 general provisions
26 § Stopping and parking
The vehicle may be stopped or parked on the road only to the right side. On one-way road is stopping and parking also to the left side of the road allowed.
The vehicle is stopped or parked parallel to the road and as far as from the middle of the road.
Omg, is this really illegal? I park like this all the time... Oops. And I'm from a small town in western Finland. Sorry... Although I can't really see why this would be illegal. The car takes the same space, regardless of the direction it is parked in.
In case someone doesn't know the "cool" license plates are bought for few hundreds of USD. Due to number is Russian I bet the driving license was bought as well. Anyway, I like the letters there "М...НУ" that could be translated from Russian as "I crumple up".
Russian rules of the road it is not forbidden. And they are elaborated according to the International Convention on road traffic. Did the Finnish rules should not conform to it?
Thank you. Now we know that this feature is Finland. ---------------------------- I think that your blog must not only identify violations of the traffic rules, but also to give answers about the specifics of driving machines in Finland. And it will be very good!
One year ago, I received a parking ticket in Malmö, Sweden, for parking like this.
Of course it is not legal in a two-way road, because the driver has no clear view of the street when starting the car again and, theoretically, s/he has to enter the opposite lane to continue driving.
You do see Finnish cars parked this way occasionally. Beats making a U-turn and parking parallel, I suppose.
ReplyDeleteAnd as far as I understand its all legal because of EU laws has allowed this type of parking.
ReplyDeleteI see no problem with this... unless that nice SUV blocks a driveway.
ReplyDeleteIt is still illegal to park like this in Finland...
ReplyDeletetaken from http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/1981/19810267#L2P26 and translated it to english.
DeleteRoad Traffic Act
CHAPTER 1
general provisions
26 §
Stopping and parking
The vehicle may be stopped or parked on the road only to the right side.
On one-way road is stopping and parking also to the left
side of the road allowed.
The vehicle is stopped or parked parallel to the road and
as far as from the middle of the road.
Omg, is this really illegal? I park like this all the time... Oops. And I'm from a small town in western Finland. Sorry... Although I can't really see why this would be illegal. The car takes the same space, regardless of the direction it is parked in.
ReplyDeleteHow can you leave from that place without breaking the law if the street is one-way street?
ReplyDeleteUse your common sense, this might be illegal, but it's no harm. Please don't post photos like this.
ReplyDeleteWe park like this in Spain - only without snow...
ReplyDeleteIn case someone doesn't know the "cool" license plates are bought for few hundreds of USD. Due to number is Russian I bet the driving license was bought as well. Anyway, I like the letters there "М...НУ" that could be translated from Russian as "I crumple up".
ReplyDeleteRussian rules of the road it is not forbidden. And they are elaborated according to the International Convention on road traffic. Did the Finnish rules should not conform to it?
ReplyDeleteIn Finland this kind of parking is simply not legal. It is perfectly acceptable in many other countries, but not here.
DeleteThank you. Now we know that this feature is Finland.
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I think that your blog must not only identify violations of the traffic rules, but also to give answers about the specifics of driving machines in Finland. And it will be very good!
One year ago, I received a parking ticket in Malmö, Sweden, for parking like this.
ReplyDeleteOf course it is not legal in a two-way road, because the driver has no clear view of the street when starting the car again and, theoretically, s/he has to enter the opposite lane to continue driving.