Washington Gives $1.3M in Parking Fines During Snowstorm
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#2And? Don't park in snow emergency routes during a historic blizzard.
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#3Drivers angered at being called out on their selfish behavior.
In other breaking news, water confirmed to be still wet.
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#4And? Don't park in snow emergency routes during a historic blizzard.
The advisory said they issued 2,091 parking tickets in the
first three hours of the mayor’s declaration.
The tickets drew backlash from drivers who said they were
unable to dig out their cars. Others said they did not feel
comfortable driving in the snow, some because their cars
were not properly equipped for it.
Re: Washington Gives $1.3M in Parking Fines During Snowstorm
#5This is Washington DC (absolutely egregious omission by NYTimes, IMO), and not only were the roads blanketed with snow but exceedingly slippery a day earlier.
See here for anecdotal reports regarding the city's absurd winter road strategy:
https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/41xgqe/lmfao/
And furthermore, thousands of tickets will be forgiven:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-to-forgi...
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#6All 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
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#7And? Don't park in snow emergency routes during a historic blizzard.
The advisory said they issued 2,091 parking tickets in the first three hours of the mayor’s declaration. The tickets drew backlash from drivers who said they were unable to dig out their cars. Others said they did not feel comfortable driving in the snow, some because their cars were not properly equipped for it. 3 hours after the declaration, and for cars that could not reasonably be moved because of said emergency.…
> Mayor Muriel E. Bowser declared the emergency on Friday before a storm that dropped as much as 26 inches on the capital.
That sentence there carries the word "before", which suggests that when the mayor made the declaration, the blizzard had not yet snowed in any cars.
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#9And? Don't park in snow emergency routes during a historic blizzard.
The advisory said they issued 2,091 parking tickets in the first three hours of the mayor’s declaration. The tickets drew backlash from drivers who said they were unable to dig out their cars. Others said they did not feel comfortable driving in the snow, some because their cars were not properly equipped for it. 3 hours after the declaration, and for cars that could not reasonably be moved because of said emergency.…
That's not exactly how it played out. FTA:
"Mayor Bowser announced the snow emergency the day before the storm hit, on Thursday, and parking enforcement officers and tow drivers moved swiftly once it went into effect on Friday morning."
Also, looks like the mayor is voiding all the tickets from the 22nd: http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Mayor-Bowser-Voids-A...
Re: Washington Gives $1.3M in Parking Fines During Snowstorm
#10And? Don't park in snow emergency routes during a historic blizzard.
The advisory said they issued 2,091 parking tickets in the first three hours of the mayor’s declaration. The tickets drew backlash from drivers who said they were unable to dig out their cars. Others said they did not feel comfortable driving in the snow, some because their cars were not properly equipped for it. 3 hours after the declaration, and for cars that could not reasonably be moved because of said emergency.…
We knew the storm was coming days before. Snow emergency routes are posted and publicly known. People's cars couldn't be stuck there due to the snow unless they failed to move their cars before the storm like they were required to do. This failure makes it much harder to clear important roads and impedes emergency services. Ticketing these people seems entirely appropriate to me.