Things you're allowed to do (2020)

Re:Things you're allowed to do (2020) by rob74 on Friday November 24, 2023 @02:39AM (#38401474)

Interesting, I thought people would get more worked up over the "park illegally and let yourself think of the fine as a parking fee", especially with the "don’t break rules that matter" addition - there is usually a good reason why parking is illegal, and following only "rules that matter" is a slippery slope. So what if you are blocking a lane of traffic, it's just for a few minutes? Or that bike lane, no one ever uses it anyway? Or those disabled parking spaces, they're always empty?

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Re:Things you're allowed to do (2020) by kruuuder on Friday November 24, 2023 @05:04AM (#38402278)

I fully agree with you. "Park illegaly" - that's what selfish people do. Don't do a cost-benefit calculation for everything. Some rules are social contracts as well, and the fees work as a reminder that you broke them.

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Re:Things you're allowed to do (2020) by _dain_ on Friday November 24, 2023 @05:58AM (#38402673)

Yes, adding to the list:

- blocking a sightline that pedestrians need to safely cross the road

- blocking a dropped curb that wheelchair/pram users need in order to mount and dismount the curb

- parking on the pavement so that wheelchair/pram users can't fit between the car and the wall, forcing them to go around on the street and putting them at greater risk

- damaging/cracking the surface because it is designed for foot traffic, not heavy vehicle loads

- intruding into a bus lane or bus stop, thereby causing delay for public transport passengers

If you only ever drive places, you tend not to think about the consequences of bad parking, because you don't suffer them yourself. But I don't drive, so I notice this antisocial ruining of the public commons all the time. Motorists are not good judges of which rules "really matter".

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Re:Things you're allowed to do (2020) by BSVogler on Friday November 24, 2023 @06:39AM (#38402932)

Yeah, when parking is not allowed somewhere it is always for a reason. As a European I am using my bicycle to move around the city and the amount of times I got into dangerous situations because people park wherever they like was too high. I started reporting the violations to the police because I am sick of this antisocial behaviour.

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Re:Things you're allowed to do (2020) by hbossy on Friday November 24, 2023 @07:59AM (#38403530)

People tend to forget to include a pissed off pedestrian with a door key in their illegal parking risk cost calculations.

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Re:Things you're allowed to do (2020) by rufus_foreman on Friday November 24, 2023 @01:22PM (#38406671)

>> there is usually a good reason why parking is illegal

Isn't there also usually a good reason why the penalty is a small fine?

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