kornkob
Resident Crazy Uncle
A little explaination:
Those of you in warm weather states or areas where alternate side parking is not done: around here we have a thing called 'alternate side parking' which means that if you park on the street between midnight and 6am-ish (varies by municipaity) you have to park on the side of the street with Even numbered house addresses on dates with an even number (like November 28th) and on the odd side on odd dates (like November 29th). Alternate side parking is generally in effect between November 15th and April 15th (ymmv) The purpose is to make it easier for snow plows to plow and to make sure that over the course of thre winter both sides of the street get some plow loving.
Now, I have a 2 car garage and a substantial driveway so I don't park on the street so this hasn't directly affected me in a long time. However, this morning as I drive to work I notice a bunch of cars that were parked on the 'wrong' side. Each had a ticket stuffed udner the wiper.
I found myself irritated. We haven't had any accumulation. Zero. Not a single snowplow has dropped blade yet and, in fact, I'd be surprised if they had been used at all (they also tend to do the salting/sanding of slippery patches if it gets icy). Yet here are the cops running around and ticketing people for what is effecitvely a harmless 'offense'.
Yeah--- I know that the 'offenders' knew they were wrong. Yeah-- I know that the cops are just 'doing their jobs'. Yeah-- I can see some value in trying to teach people good habits. I jsut think that this whole thing is being done wrong.
I'd rather they just ticket when its a problem, not on a day with there is no precipitation and no chance of snow.
Downtown they dont' do this-- they only have alternate side parking when there's actually going to be snow (and the radio/TV stations all announce it when the city has decided this is the case). THAT'S how they should run it.
I just dislike it when the city runs around collecting fines for harmless behavior.
Rant ove.r
Those of you in warm weather states or areas where alternate side parking is not done: around here we have a thing called 'alternate side parking' which means that if you park on the street between midnight and 6am-ish (varies by municipaity) you have to park on the side of the street with Even numbered house addresses on dates with an even number (like November 28th) and on the odd side on odd dates (like November 29th). Alternate side parking is generally in effect between November 15th and April 15th (ymmv) The purpose is to make it easier for snow plows to plow and to make sure that over the course of thre winter both sides of the street get some plow loving.
Now, I have a 2 car garage and a substantial driveway so I don't park on the street so this hasn't directly affected me in a long time. However, this morning as I drive to work I notice a bunch of cars that were parked on the 'wrong' side. Each had a ticket stuffed udner the wiper.
I found myself irritated. We haven't had any accumulation. Zero. Not a single snowplow has dropped blade yet and, in fact, I'd be surprised if they had been used at all (they also tend to do the salting/sanding of slippery patches if it gets icy). Yet here are the cops running around and ticketing people for what is effecitvely a harmless 'offense'.
Yeah--- I know that the 'offenders' knew they were wrong. Yeah-- I know that the cops are just 'doing their jobs'. Yeah-- I can see some value in trying to teach people good habits. I jsut think that this whole thing is being done wrong.
I'd rather they just ticket when its a problem, not on a day with there is no precipitation and no chance of snow.
Downtown they dont' do this-- they only have alternate side parking when there's actually going to be snow (and the radio/TV stations all announce it when the city has decided this is the case). THAT'S how they should run it.
I just dislike it when the city runs around collecting fines for harmless behavior.
Rant ove.r