The siege of illegal car parkers, threats to parking in the center of Salerno

Piazza AmendolaSaturday evening: “Sorry, any offer». And the weekendright in the shadow of the building where the offices of the Prefecture and the Police Headquarters are located, and, on the other side, overlook the balconies of City Palacethe script repeats itself: a illegal parking attendant is lurking to ask for theparking fee.

The scene, however, last Saturday it could have had a very different epilogue. «Even though I had a residents parking permit – tells a young man from Salerno who lives and works in the area – the man still approached me to ask for money. I usually pay by card, so I only carry a little change in the car but 50 cents seemed enough considering I had no obligation to pay that money. But I thought that this way I would avoid being retaliated against by the car».

In short, motivated by the fear that the parking attendant, annoyed at having had nothing, would hit a mirror or the tires and by the desire to leave without further problems, the young man gave the coin to the valet. The figure, however, it did not seem to be sufficient for the squatter who addressed the young man in a rude manner, demanding more money and threatening him.