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41,716,738* cars are officially registered in Germany. The fact that there is a lot of bulky metal on rubber tires on the road is particularly evident in the often hopeless search for a parking space in the so-called urban centers. In Munich, for example, there are towing companies that pick up illegally parked cars 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The independent companies are supported by traffic wardens who write parking tickets, giving the average person looking for a parking space the feeling that they are also on duty around the clock. Ralph Quinke has followed the hard-working helpers and found out the adventurous ways in which some vehicles get from the penalty area to a regular parking space, observed the reactions of the average driver and looked around the central vehicle depot. *Figures without guarantee ► A SPIEGEL TV film from May 3, 1999. More SPIEGEL TV classics can be found here: Playlist: • SPIEGEL TV Classics ► The traffic training area: • The traffic training area: Chaos on the roads... ► On the way with the night train 242: • Sleepless to Paris: On the way with the... #Parking space war #Illegal parking #Police maids ___________ Become a True Crime channel member and receive exclusive benefits: ► / @derspiegel