In one Canadian town, the issue is whether the parking space becomes a space for anyone, or whether it is reserved for a charger technician. No rule on this is written and one has to guess. What do you think?

  • CompactFlaxEnglish
    51·
    4 months ago

    It is slightly ambiguous because if it is labelled as “for EV charging” and you have an EV parked there and it is not charging, you are supposed to vacate the spot. So - if the charger is broken, the spot should be vacant. I can’t see parking enforcement being able to really handle that though unless there’s a connection between charger and enforcement.

    But in that case, an ICE vehicle should still never park there.

    It’s akin to delivery-only parking on a bank holiday. You still can’t park there even though the shop is closed.

      • CompactFlaxEnglish
        5·
        4 months ago

        The entire premise is built around the idea that the spot is reserved for charging. If the charger is broken, the simple answer is that nobody can park there, not that laws cease to apply and the spot can be ICEd.

        The sidewalk is for walking and doesn’t have anyone walking on it, so I parked there.

          • Mesophar@pawb.socialEnglish
            2·
            4 months ago

            Yes, if the charger is broken, it does make sense to reserve the space for charging. To maintain the standard of it being for charging only. If it is reserved for charging, but the charger is broken, then no one parks there until the charger is fixed. Unless the charger is being permanently taken offline, then the space should revert to parking for anyone.

            This is because the charger being broken is a temporary status. If it turned into a free parking spot whenever the charger were broken, even if people didn’t vandalize the charger they could simply say “oh, I thought it was broken”, or “it was broken earlier when I parked here”.

              • Mesophar@pawb.socialEnglish
                1·
                3 months ago

                The baker absolutely could penalize the person for parking there if, after being unable to purchase bread, the car owner left the car in that spot as they walked around the rest of the town. No one is suggesting a car owner be penalized the second they park in the spot. But if they decide to stay there after discovering it is not a valid spot, that is on them.