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nghost43 t1_j5mjolm wrote

I'd rather they actually enforce traffic and speeding violations. Illegally parked cars are annoying, not dangerous

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DCcooking1 t1_j5mqj52 wrote

I definitely agree that parking illegally in a legal spot should not be the priority but parking in/too close to crosswalks (blocking visibility) is definitely a safety issue for pedestrians

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SomeLikeItRaw OP t1_j5n6lea wrote

I recall hearing people say the cars booted should have serial moving traffic violations, which makes sense given the supply of boots and the vastly higher number of cars with parking violations. No idea if that's in the cards though.

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jednorog t1_j5og29w wrote

Illegally parked cars can block crosswalks, block fire hydrants, park people into their driveways, block sidewalks (not a huge problem for me but if I used a wheelchair or pushed a stroller it would be), limit drivers' visibility of pedestrians, and can create other safety issues. In many cases an illegally parked car isn't dangerous, you're right - but in many cases it is.

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trollietimestwo t1_j5p8gh7 wrote

Another big one is people double parking and blocking traffic, causing the moving lanes to have to unexpectedly merge at an unmarked location. That's definitely a safety hazard.

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nghost43 t1_j5orttd wrote

Yeah I'm talking about the normal stuff, not egregious safety hazards

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4RunnerPilot t1_j5petzd wrote

It’s the same drivers that illegally park also have all the moving violations. It’s the same population of drivers/vehicles.

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