RP Mobi fines 8 thousand people for not paying Blue Area in Ribeirão Preto, SP RP Mobi fined 8,011 drivers from January to March this year for non-payment of the Blue Area in Ribeirão Preto (SP). Charges for rotating parking are made on streets in the Center and on Saudade and Dom Pedro avenues, in the North of the city. Drivers, however, complain about failures in the electronic payment method, available at parking meters and in the Sigapay app. The cost of parking on the roads in the Blue Area is R$1.50 per hour. The tolerance of RP Mobi, the company that manages traffic in Ribeirão Preto, for payment of the fee is 15 minutes after arrival. Inspection is carried out using cameras in a car that drives along the roads and identifies vehicles that have paid or not. Click here to follow the g1 Ribeirão e Franca channel on WhatsApp Blue Area in Ribeirão Preto, SP Tiago Aureliano/EPTV Faults EPTV, a TV Globo affiliate, found faulty equipment in the card machine at the intersection of Rua Marcondes Salgado and Rua São Sebastião. "We try to do our part, but we can't. We have to go through other means, or buy physical or pix. A person who doesn't have 3G, mobile internet, can't do this obligation", complains quality analyst Felipe Fanan. Owner of a salt store in front of the equipment, Wladimir Caetano says that drivers frequently have problems with payment. “When I notice that people are not able to pay or my customers who know I have them here, they come straight here and I set up the Blue Area for them and they pay”, says the merchant, who is accredited. Blue Area Parking Meter in Ribeirão Preto, SP Tiago Aureliano/EPTV Market analyst Vivian Fortuna says she has already been fined because she filled out the wrong sign in the Sigapay app. To avoid the risk of being penalized again, she looks for authorized points of sale. “I go straight to the bar on the corner near São Sebastião or look to see if any store has the Blue Area and buy it,” he says. On Rua Floriano Peixoto, close to Avenida Francisco Junqueira, complaints occur for different reasons, including the lack of parking meters in the region, which makes the application the main form of payment. Office assistant Josiane Leite do Prado de Oliveira works at an association of retirees and pensioners. The audience is made up of elderly people who, according to her, do not always master cell phone technology. "There are many who stop coming by car, they come by Uber because they can't pay for parking. This part is very complicated and there are no shops here, it's just a union, our association", he says. READ ALSO: Survey shows that 32% of bus stops have coverage in Ribeirão Preto, SP Public transport in Ribeirão Preto records 2 thousand passenger complaints in 2025 Blue Area inspection car in Ribeirão Preto, SP Tiago Aureliano/EPTV Register to avoid fines Lawyer Rodrigo Paschoaloto explains that payment failures must be recorded. Drivers can take a photo, capture their cell phone screen or make a video. The records serve as important evidence when questioning a fine, for example. "You have to prove that it was offline so you don't have this infraction notice. The City Hall is guaranteed that, when it is offline, it will not charge you within the 15 minutes you have to make the parking and payment, it will not charge you because the system was offline. So when the system comes back up, the person is given 15 minutes to make the payment regular", he states. What RP Mobi says IN a note, RP Mobi informed that, currently, all parking meters work and that it is possible to purchase credits through the app, through the QR Code or at accredited points of sale. The company also said that the fines are only applied in cases where there is no regularization of the use of the vacancy within the rules provided for by the system. According to RP Mobi, in case of doubts, the user can contact 0800-591-7366 and WhatsApp (11) 99576-7855. See more news from the region on g1 Ribeirão Preto e Franca VIDEOS: Everything about Ribeirão Preto, Franca and the region