Better than permit parking tickets....

[bobobb.livejournal.com]

So everyday when I walk to and from work in the Davis/Tufts/Ball Square area I am a good little pedestrian and only cross in designated crosswalks, waiting for cars, crosswalk signals etc. And everyday I have to dodge a driver who is not paying attention, or does not care and very nearly runs me down. This is particularly bad at powderhouse circle, where the crosswalk signals are completely ignored by drivers.

The other day though, a driver did this right in front of a cop and got pulled over -- Yeah for me! And so I was wondering....nearly running over a pedestrian in a cross walk is punishable by up to $200 ticket *and* is a public safety issue. Couldn't the city just park a cruiser at powderhouse circle or some other place where violations are common and start ticketing people for that rather than focusing so much on the $50 permit parking tickets (which is not a public safety issue as far as I can tell)? Is there some reason they don't do this?

Sorry if this comes across as car negative.....

Comments

[overstim.livejournal.com]

Purely as a profit generator- it's a lot easier for a parking enforcement agent to walk down a street and write (print, now) 20 tickets in a row, then for a cop to pull over a driver, check their license and reg and write them a moving violation, then circle round back to their spot.

[motive-nuance.livejournal.com]

This.

[sparkgrrl658.livejournal.com]

ding!