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The point is that it shifts the incentives: Previously, only a few cranks would contest parking tickets—everyone else would either pay them or ignore them—so is
by twoodfin 12y ago
The point is that it shifts the incentives: Previously, only a few cranks would contest parking tickets—everyone else would either pay them or ignore them—so issuing them had essentially no bureaucratic cost. Now, if every citizen with a smartphone can make work for someone behind a desk at City Hall, there's a substantially greater impulse to set parking enforcement policy in a way that's fair and likely to survive scrutiny.
- Meekro 12y agoI hope that's what happens! The alternative is, they'll just raise taxes and hire more people to sit behind desks at City Hall.
- derobert 12y agoThat's not the only incentive, unfortunately. The folks fixing tickets would like there to be more invalid tickets issued; that's how they make money. Worry about winding up with something line how Intuit (TurboTax) lobbies against the IRS making tax filing easier. http://www.propublica.org/article/turbotax-maker-linked-to-grassroots-campaign-against-free-simple-tax-filing http://www.propublica.org/article/turbotax-maker-linked-to-g...