Automatic parking control in Brussels discriminates against people with disabilities | Brussels
Brussels RegionThe automatic parking control in Brussels, which parking.brussels starts via scan cars, leads to indirect discrimination on the basis of disability. The Brussels court of first instance ruled this at the beginning of this month. Parking.brussels will now have to do to combat discrimination.
The relevant scan cars scan with advanced cameras (on the) license plates to check whether the driver of the car has paid parking fees. The problem is that these vehicles cannot accept disabled parking cards and therefore issue fines to the owner of the car, even though he has the right to park anywhere. Unia and the Collectif Accessibilité Wallonie-Bruxelles (CaWAB) decided to provide the courts to put an end to this practice, which is “considered as discriminatory and an unjust final provision for people with disabilities”, both organizations said on Friday. in a press release.
Had previously given up a man Unia on the matter. He had been fined nine for eleven months, even though the parking ticket was visible in his car. The court ruled that the control system indirectly leads to discrimination on the basis of disability. Parking.brussels is now ensuring that the vehicles that the scan cars must consider as ‘non-paying’ are not vehicles with a disabled parking card on the inside of the windscreen. The service receives these four months. the court also ruled that the service must pay compensation of 1,300 euros to the aforementioned victim.
Free unlimited access to Showbytes? Which can!
Log in to create an account and don’t miss out on any of the stars.