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later than 20 days from receiving the fine) the finedoubles or triples. It is recommended to disallowissuing a new vehicle license when the driver failsto pay for parking fines. Another policy couldbe installed where parking violations result in areduction of ‘points’ on the driver’s license. Whentoo many points are lost due to parking or othertraffic violations, the driver’s license is withdrawn.The Traffic Police needs the financial meansto invest in enforcement equipment and pay forpersonnel. Sharing in revenue from parking finesis preferred, locking in an incentive for the TrafficPolice to enforce effectively. The responsibility ofenforcement of illegal parking on sidewalks andsetbacks should be with the Traffic Police.Citizen enforcementIn 2005 Guangzhou implemented a successfulapproach to enforcement of illegal parking onwalkways. Citizens could take a photo of theinfringing vehicle, and submit it to the TrafficPolice. The vehicle owner would be fined andthe person submitting the photo received a cashreward of 20 RMB. The system was very successful,and subsequently generated complaints andeven lawsuits from drivers who were illegallyparking. It became controversial, and was unfortunatelydiscontinued. Wuhan more recently trieda similar approach to parking enforcement.Assistants to Beijing’s Traffic Police stick notes on illegallyparked cars, notifying the driver to pay a fine atthe Traffic Police.Beijing Parking, ITDP-China 1341 March 2015