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Poor dude? You don't park in a disabled spot unless you have a right to be there. That should be common sense.
by Freak_NL 8y ago
Poor dude? You don't park in a disabled spot unless you have a right to be there. That should be common sense.
- jaclaz 8y agoStanding is not partking.
- mrep 8y agoI think his point is that there are much bigger problems that they should be tackling especially since a disabled person can easily give a good old honk to tell the person to move if they came around and actually needed the spot.
- lucb1e 8y agoIt was wrong and s/he was caught, but that fine is just ridiculous. Sure, someone who stood there for 2 hours in a busy spot where disabled people were indeed turned away, then they definitely chose to risk that fine. But when someone was standing with the car (not even parked) for 2 minutes, I might (as police(wo)man) decide to give a warning instead. That fine is disproportionate. Most people on HN probably earn enough to sustain it easily, but for many people, that's an entire month's worth of food that just went down the drain. Sure, it's a good deterrent, but is it fair and just? Should we just give exorbitant fines on every petty crime just as a deterrent? That's not the kind of country I want to live in.
- seriousaccount1 8y agoThe police do not make up the height of the fines. It’s a common annoyance that assholes park in places they shouldn’t. This is a way they won’t do it again.