> I remember seeing one of their delivery people pull up and park in a red zone right in front of a cop. The cop told him he couldn't park there. His response,

> I remember seeing one of their delivery people pull up and park in a red zone right in front of a cop. The cop told him he couldn't park there. His response, "Are you going to tow me?" was answered with "no, but..." and before the cop could finish, the driver had walked away. The cop dutifully wrote out the ticket. I like the concept of an 'economic' crime for these kinds of situations. The idea is that when a misdemeanor has the normal penalty aimed at deterring private usage but was committed for commercial reasons, the penalty is massively increased. This way, you prevent situations where it makes financial sense to park in front of a fire hydrant and just eat the fines.