Photos permitted as evidence of parking offences, Bavarian court rules

Ansbach court rules in favour of two cycling activists who had been fined 100 for breaching data protection regulation

People who notify the police of parked cars blocking pavements and bike paths will in future be able to submit photographs as evidence of offences, a court in Bavaria has ruled.

An administrative court in Ansbach has ruled in favour of two cycling activists who had been fined 100 (87) each for breaching data protection regulation for photographing apparently illegally parked cars and emailing the images to the police.