Reason Behind the 48-hour Parking Rule

[wonkywheels.livejournal.com]

There has been some talk in this community about the 48-hour parking rule. Can someone explain the rationale behind this law? I have a car, but I take the "T" or ride my bike to work, so it doesn't make sense to me to have to move my car for no reason. I understand the need to move my car for street-sweeping, but this 48-hour thing doesn't seem to have a basis.

Comments

[frederic.livejournal.com]

It seemed that the only way the ticketers knew that you hadn't moved your car was by the snow halo around it (after a storm).

When this was an issue (when I was being penalized for taking the subway instead of driving to work), I would just move my car before getting onto the T a day or two after the snow storm.

I never got a ticket except for the times that there were the telltale snow ring around my car.

[nonnihil.livejournal.com]

In commercial lots, parking enforcers generally make a chalk tick-mark on tires; if the mark is in the same position when they come back, they know the car hasn't moved. I've not seen Somerville cops using that trick, though.

[sekala.livejournal.com]

I've seen that happen in a place where I used to live. I walked to work about a mile then, but we had street sweeping every friday on both sides when i wouldn't be home to move my car around 10ish. I had to drive to work then and park in 2 hour parking. I had to switch my car to a different side of the street every two hours if there was parking and someone to cover the counter(I often worked alone in my coffeeshop). Joy huh?