A reserved spot for an EV does not change when the charger is inop.
this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2025
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It actually does in this case I'm talking about.
Then why are you asking?
Do you agree?
No.
Just to be clear, you think a parking space with a charger, broken or not, is reserved for an EV. Correct?
If an EV spot with a non-working charger is no longer for EV's, that will only work to incentivize pieces of shit to damage chargers so they can park.
As I said elsewhere, a crook who wants to park illegally has no reason to also damage the station. "I was allowed to park there because I broke the charger". Yeah sure cute.
If word gets around that EV parking spots are free for everyone when the charger is broken, chargers will suddenly become a lot more prone to breaking.
That's vandalism.
Yes, so they shouldn't create a strong incentive for it. People tend to break or ignore laws that they feel the majority doesn't like (see speed limits and minor tax/insurance fraud)
Disability parking spaces are respected despite no vandalism required.
You can't really "break" a disability spot and leave it "open to everyone" in the same way as an electric charger
Look, if someone wants to park in a charging space illegally, he doesn't have to break anything. But in my experience, there is less of that ("ICE-ing") than a few year ago.
Yes, because drivers generally feel compassion towards disabled people.
ICE drivers do not generally feel compassion towards EV drivers.
So what about when a charger is broken? What would you do if you parked to charge, get out to pay and plug, and you see the charger is broken? Do you stay to run your errands, or do leave to look for a new space? That's what I want to know.
German here: All public charging stations are labeled as: free parking during charging. That means if the charger is broken technically no one is allowed to park there.
I see no reason why the parking space should be left unused. The whole purpose is to charge, not to remove parking spaces and be a nuisance.
That is true. I only mentioned the regulatory truth. And i think if you park an EV there nobody would give you a ticket.
Is it charging parking or EV Parking? From an enforcement perspective, the space should stay as EV parking because it’s much simpler. ALPR is used commonly for parking enforcement and it’s not worth the hassle to reprogram it based on the status of the charger. In no scenario does it make sense that an ICE vehicle can park there.
If the space is reserved for vehicle charging, that needs to be clearly signed. If it is for EV parking in general then this conversation is moot. Unless there’s a sign, there is no way to determine that the space is reserved for a repair technician - or even if the charger is working. Changing street parking rules based on whether a dongle is working is problematic.
Seems like it should be for the repair tech to do their job. But what if it's after normal work hours? Are these technicians expected to work 24 hours a day? In my town, after 6pm, and or on weekends, or when the shop is closed all that restricted parking becomes available for general use, mostly. Of course I ride a bike, even in the Winter, so there's always some place I can lock up. And when people ask me where to park, I have to shrug and say I don't really know.
That's what we were told (reserved for the technician) but this isn't written anywhere. When a user notes that a station is broken, they have to guess what to do because no where does it say a technician has priority.
If it's a public charging space, It's only supposed to be used for charging.
When you aren't charging, you leave and find a public parking space.
I would say that applies to all vehicles, if the charger is broken or not.
Maintenance vehicles are always a special acception. They park wherever needed to get things working again.
Makes sense but when it happens, you actually don't know what to do. Leaving a vacant space to drive around the area looking for another spot makes you feel like an idiot.
to drive around the area looking for another spot makes you feel like an idiot.
Sounds like a problem between you and your therapist.
I’d never heard a spot could become reserved for a technician. It makes sense but that kind of rule would need a lot of signage and public communication.
I think the rule should be “the technician can park in the spot. If someone parked there, the technician double parks and blocks them in until the repair is done”.
Not a bad idea except I think they'd block traffic. I think the technician is simply another worker trying to park on the street to do his job like anyone else trying to park. No one seems to know yet if they actually need to plug the cable anywhere.