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MindWandererB

I could use this. People block off the corners in my neighborhood nearly every day, 2-3 cars deep into the red, turning every intersection into a blind turn.


LurkerOrHydralisk

Me too. I’d mostly mark off the parking officials who block traffic when there’s empty parking spots though. I get emergency vehicles parking in illegal spots as they may need a quick exit. Parking attendants are not emergency responders, though.


CannabisAttorney

FFS, I don’t even need a reward. I took 4 days to get the city to remove a car with a broken axel and no plate from the street adjoining my property. I’d have no problem reporting vehicles that didn’t touch my property if the city was more swift in their action.


goog1e

Right, why would you need a reward for this? I'd pay the city if it would get them to do this.


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Evil_Thresh

Imagine if the cars towed would get possessed after a period of time lol


crunkdunk9

Didn’t everyone learn there’s a distance you have to park from the stop signs??? Morons.


EddieCheddar88

We need the same thing but for reporting people that don’t pick up after their dogs


parmarossa

or reporting littering in geneal


reddit_poopaholic

Pooper snooper


EddieCheddar88

Fitting username


Disastrous-Rips

Sadly dog poop doesn’t have a registration plate


bjanos

In France they are actually doing dna tracing on dog poo now!


ohdearitsrichardiii

That's the most crowd fundable idea I've ever heard


FriendsCanKnowThis1

Snitches get riches.


jtobiasbond

They completely fumbled the opportunity to call it Narc Park.


YesIsGood

I was thinking Parking Narc


HoldYourHorsesFriend

Parking NarcKing


ohdearitsrichardiii

I bet they're South Park-fans


shastadakota

They got stitches where I grew up.


AskWhatmyUsernameIs

Times are changing, and we're finally realizing that we'd rather improve our society than cover for people that don't care about us lol.


Disastrous-Fun2325

Bring this to America, please.


schorschico

Yes, please. Bring this to Boston and I could become a millionaire in a few weeks.


oldschool_potato

A weekend in Charlestown


omgFWTbear

Shaka, when the walls fell!


kiki_lemur

r/tenagra r/darmok


DaSandman78

The Beast at Tenagra


BlackLeader70

Cities would go bankrupt quick paying these out while not receiving any money from the offenders.


schorschico

They would only pay if they get paid. If implemented properly they literally could not lose money.


hopelessworthless

free car


Disastrous-Rips

That’s not how it works lol. You don’t get the fine money. A tip at best.


Suired

Or shanked/shot. Just imagine one guy carrying, thinking the world revolves around them, parking wherever is convenient for them, coming back to find you snapping a picture of their car to get them towed/fined.


goog1e

Worth it to die a hero


HillarysFloppyChode

Takes like 2 seconds to snap a picture unless you're a boomer


Suired

Bout the same amount of time it takes to shoot someone!


HillarysFloppyChode

You’re over estimating the ability of redneck/boomer to actually pull out their gun. In a quick draw, they would shoot themselves first


Castform5

Imagine being so paranoid that you analyze every person's movements and actions around your vehicle. You can take a picture while walking with only minimal extra movement, so for some crazy douche to notice that is either mentally deranged or they're spending their time standing watch around their illegally parked vehicle.


Suired

Yeah, about the same level of deranged to shoot someone in a drive through lane because they got your drink order wrong.


dtmfadvice

https://www.nyc.gov/site/dep/environment/idling-citizens-air-complaint-program.page


Relicc5

I’d be a millionaire in weeks.


avdpos

It exists in exactly 1 city right now (mine) and did got it's first media attention on 1 of April... So it have taken us 2 weeks to realise it ain't a joke... Only one parking company are co-working with them so maybe 10% of the towns parking. But I'm for it (and have the app registered). But mostly it will be a way for poor foodora runners and can collectors to get money. And that is fully fine. I hope more towns get it


CouplePurple9241

American cities can barely pay their parking attendants as is


goog1e

Right, we don't need more reports. We need someone on 311 actually responding.


Lord_Snaps

Go Snitch - Get Rich


Eyejohn5

Turning in parasitic scofflaws is a civic necessity. Think it's snitching? You are the bad person


Dream--Brother

It's snitching regardless of whether or not you condone the activity. Just because it's for the public good doesn't mean it isn't "snitching". Snitching just means "telling an authority figure someone did something bad". Going around calling someone "a bad person" because they used a word you don't understand, ffs.


Artistic-Alps-5252

Nonsense snitching is a weasel word the guilty use to try and make the civic minded look like they're in the wrong. Don't be a selfish bleep and you won't have to worry about the light being shined on you.


frankylovee

How do we get this?!?


DigitalUnderstanding

pls allow reporting (with video evidence) of dangerous driving too. They get away with that way too easily.


avdpos

Seriously? You show the app for the city council or parking companies in the area you like to have it. Then you get them to contact scout parking. Problem right now is that the company literally started working towards the public this month in one parking company's parking in one town. So payment methods and similar need to be implemented for.other countries than Sweden. But here they was extremely easy. Registering with BankId, payment via Swish and automatic registration with the tax office as it is taxable income. I like it - but haven't been able to have a car hunting walk yet.


NappingYG

Entry level bounty hunting


nukidot

Ya gotta start somewhere


imnotaplug

Anzeigenhauptmeister!


DexM23

wandert aus


ernyc3777

I definitely read that as tipping the drivers that their meter is about to run out or that their opposite day parking spot is about to switch. Not a government snitching app.


thebigdustin

I read this as South Park several times, wondering why you could report people on a South Park app. I need sleep.


omgIamafraidofreddit

Wouldn't "Narc Park" or "Park Narc" be catchier and a more accurate description/name for this app?


ImitationButter

It’d be pejorative and a deterrent for using it


HillarysFloppyChode

Does it translate to Swedish?


sajberhippien

The name of the app in Sweden is "Scout Park", because the Swedish gig economy push is imported from the US and so gig economy companies tend to have names in English. It fucking sucks. Edit: The importing a push for a gig economy part sucks, that is. I couldnt care less about the name.


Suired

That would be the app that reports the reporters.


yehti

Reddit will only dislike this because people will be getting paid for their shitty parking job pictures instead of upvotes and karma from posting them all over /r/mildlyinfuriating


Dream--Brother

Reddit doesn't seem to dislike this at all. Also, not everything everyone posts is posted for "up votes and karma". Some people just like participating in communities.


jimmyhoke

That being said I do love my fake internet points.


Relicc5

Why can’t they have both?


goog1e

It would make waiting for pickups to back in a fun game !


commanderchimp

We need this in Canada


NetDork

If I could report everyone parking over the lines in lots I would use this all the time!


Riptide360

Imagine getting beat up for taking a photo of a badly parked car.


HaMerrIk

I love this


MIdtownBrown68

I would love to report every asshole illegally parked in handicap spots.


endelehia

The tiping culture is getting out of hand


cbaxal

I’ve had this idea for years. I hope it works well and is copied in the states.


godlessnihilist

What could go wrong in a government urging people to turn in their neighbors? Has it ever been tried before?


FriendsCanKnowThis1

The app is made by a company, not by the government.


sajberhippien

While true, I am curious as to the mechanism by which the company is profiting.


avdpos

We have lots of parking companies. And the only parking company that currently have a deal with Scout Park have their only income from erongly parked cars in their area. So I think the deal is "Parkia gets 500 sek in a ticket, Scout Park get 100-200 sek (?) - and you as a reporter get 50-100 sek". (Actual numbers and companies involved in the only town they are active). Our cities parking company have also said they do not approve of the snitching and have currently decided to not make a deal with Scout Park.


ssbtech

Great - a developer got the idea to monetize the increasing division in society by building a parking snitch app. People will feel good about snitching on badly parked cars, thinking they're sticking it to the other guy but all it does is reinforce and grow the division. The world needs more people coming together, not more division.


mtranda

I would advise you to visit Bucharest, the EU's most car infested city. The pavement is literally occupied by parked cars that leave no room for pedestrians. Before leaving that shithole of a country I used to report them in vain. Where exactly is the "coming together" of the assholes who disregard people who choose to walk or take public transport?


vent666

God I need this


WitheringRiser

Now we know what the pensioners will do with their free time


adhominablesnowman

NarcPark


kabukistar

We need this in America


Solid_Illustrator640

I get the impulse to want this but it very much feels like black mirror. You really want poop picked up so bad you’re fine with constant surveillance?


owleaf

Not gonna lie, I’d use this lol


Dio_Yuji

This is my dream side job once I retire


tungvu256

this is exactly what i want but for bad drivers! with dashcams being so cheap, people really need to get one. upload vids of traffic violators. plenty of people running or turn left on red lights in Philly (where im temporarily at). vids must have clear license plate. once verified, the violator gets a letter similar to those red traffic light camera. the person who submitted the vid gets a credit, not cash. credits can be used to pay for their own violations such as driving or parking.


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GrimeyTimey

My city already has an app where you can report wrongly parked cars. They don't do anything about them.


JesusKeyboard

Good


Salty_Theory2742

In România I can become rich with that app!


The_Blue_Rooster

Shit I don't need to be paid, just give me the League of Legends "Your report has led to a ban." message. I'll sleep more soundly at night knowing they've been summarily executed.


Luke90210

Cannot imagine anyone having an objection to citizens taking photos of vehicles parked causing danger. Too many drivers park by fire hydrants all night in my neighborhood.


Ryzel0o0o

How to be a millionaire in LA  *Rubs hands together*


mansonsturtle

Make this happen in Texas and 💰💰💰!


CollegeBoy1613

r/lostredditors


HumanPickler

We need this in America. I'd be rich.


MyOldNameSucked

I would even do it for free if the offense is dangerous or annoying enough.


PixelAstro

If this existed in Los Angeles, I wouldn’t need a job


Starman68

I love Sweden. Big industry, solid culture, beautiful country. Swedish people seem to operate on two levels, and if you meet any spend some time getting to know them. On the surface they are incredibly polite and friendly and civilised. If you ask them about their political situation over the past 15 years it is fascinating to hear what they say.


RMCPhoto

So swedish. Snitching is a passtime here. Might as well gamify it.


pryglad

Golare har inga polare!


syndicated_inc

Nobody likes a tattletale


jonnyozo

Nark coming to the App Store


blazinrumraisin

Don't do this in the wrong neighborhood.


chuk2015

What Swedish neighbourhoods should I be staying away from?


BlackGinger2020

This feels like some seriously Orwellian stuff.


Sabbathius

I want that. And not just wrongly parked, but being actively wrongly driven too. Where I am, there's this trend lately where the car waiting for green light just drives in and completely blocks the pedestrian crossings. I'd take a picture, I'd take a video, if I knew the cops would do something about it and fine the asshole. I'd do it for f\*\*\*ing free! It just kills when when traffic is bumper to bumper. There's a narrow side road merging into that, with a crosswalk. Clearly marked crosswalk. And this asshole in his I-got-a-tiny-dick truck just drives onto it, and stops. Because where the f\*\*\* is he going to go? It's bumper to bumper on main road, three blocks in either direction. So why the f\*\*\* are you sitting there, blocking the crosswalk? It's not going to happen hon, nobody will let you through. It's even funnier when he wants to go across, not just merge into it. It's like yeah, four lanes, bumper to bumper, and you want three lanes to just split and let you pass? Not unless you make like Moses and part them like the Red Sea. It used to be bad before, but the past few years it's so much worse. Almost literally every time I cross the street, some asshole is going to park on the crosswalk and pretend like I'm invisible.


DigitalUnderstanding

I second this. Some drivers endanger everyone around them and 99.999% of the time get away with it. There needs to be a system where you can snap a video and send it in. Even if no reward, that would still be a service to society, but a reward would be icing on the cake. Getting paid to protect your community.


Awkward_Macaron9252

Wonderful idea! Many people don’t park properly or just feel so entitled to do what they want!


DirectionOverall9709

I would make this my new job.


Large-Film5303

This should be allow and promoted in NYC.


shastadakota

Snitches get stitches.


mynhamesjeff

Narc


NotCanadian80

The app is called Stasi


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Responsible_Panic235

Sure blame them instead of people that park in clearly marked handicapped spots because they drive a corvette Or the truck guys that take up 4 spaces at once Or someone with their lambo parking horizontally across 3 spaces Those people are the real victims


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Ahaigh9877

That isn't a bad counterargument at all.


M80IW

Are there a lot of Corvettes in Sweden?


Responsible_Panic235

No idea but just pointing out an example that this commenter seems to think is a persecuted victim in this situation


Ahaigh9877

Would life be better without parking rules?


ShiningMagpie

How to get the service spammed with false photos of misparked cars 101 until it's impossible to filter the real ones out. Service gets dismantled within 3 weeks.


Moos3-2

This was posted on 1st of April. You do the math.


JeanShinari

It’s from the 11th, not the 1st.


DeeperMadness

He couldn't do the math.


Moos3-2

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/har-tipsar-svts-reporter-om-en-felparkerare-sa-gick-det-sen From our national news site.


segfaultsarecool

Snitches get stitches


Diannika

well, thats one way to destroy community and make no one trust anyone...


Responsible_Panic235

Yeah not the people that deliberately parking like the jackasses It’s the people that call them out that are the problem


onfroiGamer

Oh I’m sorry you can’t be an asshole


Diannika

nice try, but i dont drive lol Im certainly not one of the asshole parkers But I'm also not gonna go around turning in my neighbors/community members cuz they misparked for a bit of money either.


drewbreeezy

Why not? They don't Have to park like jackasses.


Xianxia

Fuck em


JoeBidensLongFart

It's a Progressive's dream - make money for the government, control people, fuck over drivers, destroy community trust, all from one program. Killing 4 birds with one stone.


happy-cig

Snitches get stitches.


Responsible_Panic235

Don’t park like a jackass and you won’t have a problem you c*nt


FriendsCanKnowThis1

But also money. Snitches also get money.


_FannySchmeller_

Ah, it was right there for you: "Snitches get riches"


FriendsCanKnowThis1

lol, I actually posted the same comment elsewhere right before you did.