Washington Gives $1.3M in Parking Fines During Snowstorm • Hacker News Board

Re: Washington Gives $1.3M in Parking Fines During Snowstorm

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Post by smileysteve » Sat, Jan 30, 2016, 4:33 PM UTC

BostonEnginerd wrote: post #32

mikeash wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would you go out of town in the middle of winter and leave your car parked on a snow emergency route? You don't get to set up problems for yourself, then complain when those self-created problems have consequences. I don't understand why so many are eager to defend these people. If you can't move your car quickly, don't park it in a place where you might need to move it quickly. If you negligently leave your car…

Some of us do travel for a living and can be out of town for weeks on end. It does happen -- and where you're parked is an afterthought. You don't always get to pick which street you park on.

> -- and where you're parked is an afterthought

Not in places like NYC w/ street sweeping schedules.

Re: Washington Gives $1.3M in Parking Fines During Snowstorm

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Post by calvinbhai » Tue, Feb 02, 2016, 10:02 PM UTC

mikeash wrote: post #14

calvinbhai wrote: post #6

All tickets (for parking on snow emergency routes) have been voided http://dcist.com/2016/01/mayor_bowser_is_voiding_tickets_iss... During snow emergencies, cities should work with parking garages to make overnight parking for cars, free. It'll solve a lot of problems. If cars are not removed past the emergency, ticket revenue can be shared with the garage

Great. What's the point of snow emergency routes if you can just park there during a storm with no consequences? Many local garages were either free or $1/day for the storm. There was no excuse to leave cars parked on these routes.

I think this was a face saving publicity move by DC mayor.

I guess I missed the free or $1 a day parking info since I was working from home.

It certainly feels unfair to all those people (including me) who took enough pains to ensure they planned their days in a way that the cars weren't on the Snow Emergency Routes.

Re: Washington Gives $1.3M in Parking Fines During Snowstorm

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Post by BostonEnginerd » Sat, Feb 06, 2016, 2:27 AM UTC

mikeash wrote: post #34

BostonEnginerd wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some of us do travel for a living and can be out of town for weeks on end. It does happen -- and where you're parked is an afterthought. You don't always get to pick which street you park on.

Really, you just can't be bothered to think about whether your parking spot is a wise location to leave your car for several weeks? And further, that you can't even choose not to park on a snow emergency route? Your car is probably the first or second most expensive thing you own. Take ten seconds to read the signs governing the legalities of where you store it. If you screw they up (it happens to all of us) then own…

I've lived in places where you don't have a lot of choice in the matter. I do make an effort to not park on the emergency route in my town. On the side streets, they have alternate side parking. Every week, you have to move your car.

I can go on a one week trip which will turn into a three week one. It's just the nature of the job - the customer's needs come first. They're running billion dollar manufacturing facilities and all the equipment has to keep running.