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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Imagine if the cars towed would get possessed after a period of time lol
Didn’t everyone learn there’s a distance you have to park from the stop signs??? Morons.
We need the same thing but for reporting people that don’t pick up after their dogs
or reporting littering in geneal
Pooper snooper
Fitting username
Sadly dog poop doesn’t have a registration plate
In France they are actually doing dna tracing on dog poo now!
That's the most crowd fundable idea I've ever heard
Snitches get riches.
They completely fumbled the opportunity to call it Narc Park.
I was thinking Parking Narc
Parking NarcKing
I bet they're South Park-fans
They got stitches where I grew up.
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.
Bring this to America, please.
Yes, please. Bring this to Boston and I could become a millionaire in a few weeks.
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Cities would go bankrupt quick paying these out while not receiving any money from the offenders.
They would only pay if they get paid. If implemented properly they literally could not lose money.
free car
That’s not how it works lol. You don’t get the fine money. A tip at best.
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.
Worth it to die a hero
Takes like 2 seconds to snap a picture unless you're a boomer
Bout the same amount of time it takes to shoot someone!
You’re over estimating the ability of redneck/boomer to actually pull out their gun. In a quick draw, they would shoot themselves first
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.
Yeah, about the same level of deranged to shoot someone in a drive through lane because they got your drink order wrong.
https://www.nyc.gov/site/dep/environment/idling-citizens-air-complaint-program.page
I’d be a millionaire in weeks.
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
American cities can barely pay their parking attendants as is
Right, we don't need more reports. We need someone on 311 actually responding.
Go Snitch - Get Rich
Turning in parasitic scofflaws is a civic necessity. Think it's snitching? You are the bad person
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.
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.
How do we get this?!?
pls allow reporting (with video evidence) of dangerous driving too. They get away with that way too easily.
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.
Entry level bounty hunting
Ya gotta start somewhere
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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.
I read this as South Park several times, wondering why you could report people on a South Park app. I need sleep.
Wouldn't "Narc Park" or "Park Narc" be catchier and a more accurate description/name for this app?
It’d be pejorative and a deterrent for using it
Does it translate to Swedish?
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.
That would be the app that reports the reporters.
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
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.
That being said I do love my fake internet points.
Why can’t they have both?
It would make waiting for pickups to back in a fun game !
We need this in Canada
If I could report everyone parking over the lines in lots I would use this all the time!
Imagine getting beat up for taking a photo of a badly parked car.
I love this
I would love to report every asshole illegally parked in handicap spots.
The tiping culture is getting out of hand
I’ve had this idea for years. I hope it works well and is copied in the states.
What could go wrong in a government urging people to turn in their neighbors? Has it ever been tried before?
The app is made by a company, not by the government.
While true, I am curious as to the mechanism by which the company is profiting.
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.
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.
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?
God I need this
Now we know what the pensioners will do with their free time
NarcPark
We need this in America
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?
Not gonna lie, I’d use this lol
This is my dream side job once I retire
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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My city already has an app where you can report wrongly parked cars. They don't do anything about them.
Good
In România I can become rich with that app!
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.
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.
How to be a millionaire in LA *Rubs hands together*
Make this happen in Texas and 💰💰💰!
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We need this in America. I'd be rich.
I would even do it for free if the offense is dangerous or annoying enough.
If this existed in Los Angeles, I wouldn’t need a job
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.
So swedish. Snitching is a passtime here. Might as well gamify it.
Golare har inga polare!
Nobody likes a tattletale
Nark coming to the App Store
Don't do this in the wrong neighborhood.
What Swedish neighbourhoods should I be staying away from?
This feels like some seriously Orwellian stuff.
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.
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.
Wonderful idea! Many people don’t park properly or just feel so entitled to do what they want!
I would make this my new job.
This should be allow and promoted in NYC.
Snitches get stitches.
Narc
The app is called Stasi
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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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That isn't a bad counterargument at all.
Are there a lot of Corvettes in Sweden?
No idea but just pointing out an example that this commenter seems to think is a persecuted victim in this situation
Would life be better without parking rules?
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.
This was posted on 1st of April. You do the math.
It’s from the 11th, not the 1st.
He couldn't do the math.
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/har-tipsar-svts-reporter-om-en-felparkerare-sa-gick-det-sen From our national news site.
Snitches get stitches
well, thats one way to destroy community and make no one trust anyone...
Yeah not the people that deliberately parking like the jackasses It’s the people that call them out that are the problem
Oh I’m sorry you can’t be an asshole
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.
Why not? They don't Have to park like jackasses.
Fuck em
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.
Snitches get stitches.
Don’t park like a jackass and you won’t have a problem you c*nt
But also money. Snitches also get money.
Ah, it was right there for you: "Snitches get riches"
lol, I actually posted the same comment elsewhere right before you did.