Ch. 11 · Owner & Manager

A vehicle user who has been ordered to pay a parking violation fine may be subject to a penalty that prohibits operating that vehicle for a certain period if the user has previously been ordered to pay a parking violation fine.

[True / False · Medium]

Answer: ✓ True

Explanation

If a vehicle user who has previously been ordered to pay a parking-violation fine (a fine charged to the registered user when the actual driver cannot be identified) is ordered to pay one again, they may face a use-ban on that vehicle for a set period. In plain terms: repeated parking offences by the same user trigger a use restriction on the car itself (Road Traffic Act §51-4).

Driving school curriculumStage 2 – Topic 14: Vehicle owner responsibilities and insurance

Hikari
Hikari
Parking fines are just money, right? They wouldn't ban you from using the car.
Yui
Yui
They actually can! If you get a second parking-violation fine as the vehicle owner, they can prohibit you from operating that car for a while. That's true.
Hikari
Hikari
Oh wow, so repeat offenses get the car itself taken away?
Yui
Yui
Exactly—they put a use restriction on the vehicle. It's how they stop serial parking violators.

Source: Ch. 11 Owner & Manager · Section (第２節 使用者、安全運転管理者、自動車運転代行業者などの義務) · 第11章第２節 １ 使用者の義務など（５）

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