If I as a pensioner forget to activate the SL-card for 20 sek, I can be required of 1500 sek. The penalty is 75 times the fee. It is hair-raising. For a retired person or a student, it becomes difficult to survive the rest of the month.
assault on common sense. They are situated at between 750 and 1,200 kronor, significantly higher than in other cities. If you accidentally take a p-place for the disabled, but will pay the normal fee of, for example, 20 kronor – punished man with 1,200 kronor, that is to say, 60 times the fee. The mistake one makes sometimes in the rush in the event of inclement weather, darkness, or unclear signage.
the city of Stockholm writes openly that it plans to increase revenues from illegal parking with 85 million in 2019. The city of stockholm has therefore forgotten that the p-nes is to create order and out on the streets.
the Municipality uses, instead, the p-fined as a profitable business. Greed replaced common sense.
for late payment of the congestion charge – it can be as little as sek 11 – is another example. Would a private company take out such disproportionate late fees the company would be accused of usury.
But an authority that the transport agency can do as it pleases, despite the fact that the statutory påminnelseavgiften for individuals nowadays is sek 60.
