At 10.40, you enter an area where parking is allowed for 2 hours when using a parking disc. What time must you set on the parking disc?

When you enter a parking area where parking is limited to 2 hours and a parking disc must be used, you must set the disc to the next half-hour after your arrival time. Arriving at 10:40 means you round up to 11:00. This is the official rule in Germany to ensure fair parking time tracking. So, even though you arrived at 10:40, you set the disc to 11:00, and you may park until 13:00 (2 hours later). Setting it to 12:40 or 13:00 would be incorrect because you must always round up to the next half hour, not the exact departure time.