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When a charging station on a street side public parking space is broken, the parking space is for ... care to guess? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by betanumerus@lemmy.ca to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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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?

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[+] betanumerus@lemmy.ca -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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[–] Mesophar@pawb.social 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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".

[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I've seen chargers being left broken for over a year. In the meantime, there was no way to tell whether they'll ever be back online.