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Well, if this isn't a slippery slope... I can just imagine the process when someone starts having the power to tell people they aren't disabled enough to get a
by mod 9y ago
Well, if this isn't a slippery slope...
I can just imagine the process when someone starts having the power to tell people they aren't disabled enough to get a placard.
We like to think these things will follow some common-sense logic, but in reality that's rarely the case.
There's some low-hanging fruit like revoking old placards, but I don't think this should get a whole lot of attention. Perhaps I'm just not part of the club that says we need police to make sure people aren't being assholes.
- LeifCarrotson 9y agoThe article says: > [The auditor recommends to...] Allow parking meter enforcers to access state placard data so they can nab cheaters on the spot. Now they must go through sworn law enforcement who are often too busy handling serious crime. I understand that you feel these efforts should be ignored because there is real "serious crime" to address. But I disagree: a society with few felonies but a rampaging problem with unenforced misdemeanors is not a nice place. It's reasonable to devote a large effort towards preventing serious crime, but an appropriate effort towards less serious crime is not zero. Alternatively, you're correct that we don't need police to make sure people aren't being assholes. They have more important things to do. But we do need parking meter enforcement officers, and they should be empowered to make sure that people aren't being assholes.
- dsfyu404ed 9y agoThis isn't a misdemeanor nor should it be. It's a civil parking infraction.
- throw7 9y agoThe article mentions a bulk of the abuse at sporting events... i remember seeing a youtube video of a crackdown at some sporting event of all these "disabled" cars/vans lined up getting ticketed and fined on the spot. Brought a smile to my face.