As Soon as Entering the Parking Lot, Unexpected Reverse... 'Gongginori' Cheaters Taking Photos of Rear License Plates for Free Parking

Reverse immediately upon entry, register the turn, then park again
Recognized as an unregistered vehicle upon exit, so no fee charged

As soon as the car entered the paid parking lot, it was caught on camera attempting 'free parking' by registering the license plate as a turnaround vehicle, sparking public outrage online.

On the 20th, a post titled 'Car Poor Who Can't Pay Parking Fees' was uploaded to an online community. According to the author, Mr. A, "At a shopping mall parking lot in Siheung, Gyeonggi-do, a driver reversed toward the exit license plate recognition device and then entered after capturing the rear license plate," adding, "It seems like they are trying to get free parking by registering as a turnaround vehicle and then going to a nearby park," along with a video.

On the 20th, a post titled "Car Poor Who Can't Afford Parking Fees" was uploaded on an online community, Bobae Dream. [Photo source=Online Community]

The video posted with the article shows a car slowly reversing in front of the parking lot exit barrier, then moving forward again to enter the parking lot.

The place where the car reversed is the parking lot entrance, a spot where it is highly unlikely to reverse just to change direction. Therefore, it is presumed that the driver did this to register as a turnaround vehicle.

Generally, in unmanned automated parking facilities, exiting within 30 minutes of entry is treated as a 'turnaround' and no fee is charged. In particular, the parking management system recognizes the vehicle as one that entered and immediately exited, so it is considered an unregistered vehicle upon future exit, meaning no fee is generated at all.

Netizens who saw this post responded with comments such as "Playing tricks will land you in handcuffs," "Now they're even deceiving the barrier," "If you investigate every unmanned parking lot, there must be countless cases like this," and "Does acting like this really improve your livelihood?”

This is not the first case of exploiting loopholes in unmanned parking lots.

In April, a man in his 20s was caught by police at a public parking lot in Jeju-do for exploiting the unmanned system's loophole and not paying parking fees for over a year.

The man entered and exited the parking lot more than 600 times, abusing the 'turnaround' system, and was charged with a total of 1.18 million KRW in unpaid parking fees (fraudulent use of convenience facilities) and sent to the prosecution.

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