Paphos Life

Police urge drivers to park legally

Police on Friday reminded drivers that illegal parking causes traffic congestion and increases the risk of accidents as 292 fines were issued in March for such violations.

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/04/01/poli ... k-legally/

More detailed list from Cyprus Police Traffic Department:
(not sure if it is in Greek only as my computer is set up to use Google Translate automatically for an English version).

https://www.police.gov.cy/police/police ... enDocument

I got a €25 fine in Polis for parking on a " main road" correctly facing the right way, no yellow lines no warning signs....
Confused, I went and queried the fine... apparently it's illegal to park on a main road, but they couldn't tell me how you know it's a main road?
The road in question was just a back water road ,hey ho...lesson learnt, will avoid Polis....

Just to add anyone sent a fine, just go on the JCC site and you can pay it, took less then a couple of minutes,
If you dispute the fine, they send you a form with the fine, just fill that in and send it back.

So, what about the cars that park on the pavement, sometimes avoiding double yellow lines painted on the road? Plenty still do that in Paphos. But seldom seem parking tickets left on the windscreens...
Please tell where the parking bays are situated which are likely to result in parking fines... is this in PFO, or maybe in Nicosia/ Limassol?

Dee

So, what about the cars that park on the pavement, sometimes avoiding double yellow lines painted on the road? Plenty still do that in Paphos. But seldom seem parking tickets left on the windscreens...
Please tell where the parking bays are situated which are likely to result in parking fines... is this in PFO, or maybe in Nicosia/ Limassol?

Dee

Kili01 wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 11:55 am So, what about the cars that park on the pavement, sometimes avoiding double yellow lines painted on the road? Plenty still do that in Paphos. But seldom seem parking tickets left on the windscreens...
Please tell where the parking bays are situated which are likely to result in parking fines... is this in PFO, or maybe in Nicosia/ Limassol?

Dee

Its the same Island wide, you park facing the wrong way, you will be fined.

In the Cyprus mail today, 11,000 traffic camera fines deemed invalid

ast wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 1:16 pm In the Cyprus mail today, 11,000 traffic camera fines deemed invalid

It seems some of the number plates are not clear, and they have captured Ambulances/police cars/etc

https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/05/31/1100 ... d-invalid/

That's the answer get yourself an old ambulance.

ast wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 1:42 pm That's the answer get yourself an old ambulance.

WHL wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 11:33 am

Big Al wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 11:26 am No points as far as I can see on the form, but I picked up two points and a hundred euro fine when I parked on the opposite side of the road, in a parking bay with money put in the meter.

Wow, I didnt realise you could get a fine for that, I will have to stop doing that pronto

Yep, I didn't know either, parking opposing traffic is illegal, I had parked in a bay put money in the meter so I thought I was good to go, went back to the car, there was a ticket on the screen 100e fine, other cars parked the same as me also had tickets, I went straight to the police station where they confirmed it, all parking in Cyprus opposing traffic is illegal, apparently it is the same back in the uk at night time.
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Yes it's the same in the UK. However, in 30years in the police, I've never seen anyone charged or ticketed for it.

Even by the traffic department!

All of that said, if you think about it, its basic road safety, and whether you're in a designated bay or not has nothing to do with it.

For those who missed it at the time, new details of offences and fines came into effect in October 2020, with a supporting leaflet through the post. Details are here:

http://cyprusdriving.net/traffic-offenc ... penalties/

Ian

Coming from the east towards Pafos yesterday and a few clicks short of Limassol there were exactly 10 police motorbikes lined up doing speed checks on the hard shoulder and pulling people over.

Good-O, some people do tend to exceed the speed limit along the Nicosia-and Larnaca motorways,
Which sometimes causes an accident resulting in serious injury or death.

De