Currently, in the Swedish city of Uppsala, you can use the Scout Park app, which civilian passersby can use to report cars parked in restricted areas. According to the description of the company that developed the application, Swedish citizens over the age of 16 can file a report in a simple way, the website wrote. Kreszvaltozas.hu.
After starting the application, a photo is taken of the vehicle parked in the prohibited area, and it is important that the number plate is visible. The app links the location data to the image and then sends it to the parking company (in this case, Parkias, which operates the local parking system). According to app developer Erik Englund, an agreement has been reached with Barkias to receive and manage notifications.
Based on the “report” received, company inspectors will go to the site, and the amount will be notified. Here comes the volatility:
If the “conviction” is justified and the matter leads to a penalty, the whistleblower will receive a commission of 100 kroner (3,400 forints).
The CEO of the company behind the Scout Park app recently announced his desire to expand into Sweden. It is not known how much commission the company receives from the fines distributed. According to Englund
The basic idea was not that “politics was obsessed”, but that many people could earn an easy extra paycheck.
