Camping trailer parking controversy: The owner questioned the lack of a dedicated area and was fined 1,500 yuan. The reclamation management office said that the bus space was illegally occupied.

Camping has become popular in recent years, but where to park campers and trailers has sparked a legal debate! A few days ago, a camper trailer owner attached a camper trailer from the back of a passenger car to Kenting Houbihu Yacht Management Station in preparation for taking a boat trip to Orchid Island. He parked the vehicle in the "bus parking lot" and was fined 1,500 yuan by the Kenting National Park Management Office. The car owner filed a petition and administrative lawsuit against the decision, angrily accusing the government of "not planning a dedicated area and no prohibition notices. Where should I park?"

The plaintiff, the car owner surnamed Zhong, claimed that from August 24 to 26 last year, he parked his minibus with a trailer in the Houbi Lake parking lot, and then took a boat to Orchid Island to play. During this period, the entire car was stationary and "there was no camping behavior at all." The car owner questioned that the law does not clearly stipulate that camper trailers are large passenger cars or trucks, and there is no "dedicated parking area" for campers or towed vehicles in the parking lot of Houbihu Yacht Harbor.

He bluntly stated that the parking spaces for ordinary passenger cars are simply not long enough to park his vehicle, and there were no "no parking of trailers" signs on the site. Without any guidance or support, asking people to follow the regulations "has no hope." The car owner emphasized that the competent authorities should first issue warnings and persuasion instead of directly issuing fines, and asked the judge to revoke the original punishment.

The Reclamation Management Office maintains that regardless of whether the owner of the vehicle is camping on site, "the vehicle itself is not a bus." The special parking space for buses is originally reserved for buses, and it is illegal to force other types of vehicles to occupy it.

The Kaohsiung High Administrative Court held that "finding a suitable parking place is the responsibility of the car owner to drive on the road", instead of putting the cart before the horse, requiring the government to tailor-make and provide parking spaces for camping trailers attached to vehicles everywhere and in every environment. It rejected the car owner's appeal to revoke the original punishment, but the car owner was still dissatisfied and decided to appeal again, asking the court to give him justice.