For nearly four weeks, one parked car has been making everyday life difficult for residents of the building on Parkowa Street. The problem particularly affects elderly people and people with disabilities, for whom even a short trip outside has become a serious challenge.
The silver car is parked right beside the entrance to the stairwell. As a reader informed us, “half of the car is on the pavement.” Getting through with a walker is practically impossible:
There are five people with disabilities here, aged ninety. It is impossible to get through.
Interventions without effect
Our reader stressed that the matter had already been reported to various institutions. Municipal police officers reportedly even issued the owner a fine after intervening. The police also appeared at the scene. The officers reportedly determined that the car belonged to a resident of a completely different street. And they informed her that they could not tow the car because it was... on housing cooperative property.
When the woman called the property manager, however, she was reportedly told that the manager could not respond because they did not have the owner’s details. Nor could they obtain that information from the police. The reason? Personal data protection regulations.
Paralysis for residents and services
The effects are felt every day. The car blocks not only the pavement but also access for emergency services and taxis. The woman who reported it said:
Emergency services come here. They have to walk across half the courtyard to reach us, and some people move around on crutches. A taxi cannot pull up directly to the stairwell because this car is blocking the passage.
The situation highlights a wider problem—no one knows who is supposed to deal with it. And the result is always the same—the car has remained unmoved for weeks.
The woman said:
I don’t know whether the owner is alive or whether the car has been stolen.
“Where should I report it?”
The desperate senior makes no secret of her frustration. As she admits, she is considering reporting the matter to national media outlets or the city authorities:
Who should I go to? The mayor? TVN?
We asked the property manager about the matter. We will publish the response as soon as we receive it.
