What the legislator meant (if anything??) and what the promoter has put in the law has not the slightest connection with common sense, but it does give an idea of who could have influenced such a law.
Here's why: article 98 of the latest ZPrCp covers all other traffic signalling offences that are not explicitly dealt with in the law, for example: disregarding a no-parking sign. The new fine is €200 !!!
Under the previous law - the Road Traffic Safety Act (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 56/08 - Official consolidated text, 57/08 - ZLDUVCP, 58/09 and 36/10) - the fine for this type of offence was €40 under Article 116.
This is a 5x (five times) increase in the source for filling the budget. The absurdity is, of course, that when parking, despite the prohibition, the offender is not endangering anyone (neither directly nor indirectly). The penalty is, however, HIGHER than the one prescribed for speeding in a residential area.
Calls to reduce excessive fines have been made by professional associations and societies as well as the opposition, and even more recently a vote and an initiative to change the law failed.
The penalties for this type of offence are absolutely too high, meaningless and, above all, beyond the scope of their purpose, and I therefore propose that the previous, more appropriate level of the penalty in Article 98 of the ZPrCp be enforced.