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Re: Main St traffic and the new Bus Only lanes |
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Posted by fdtutf on Sun Nov 29 02:17:51 2015, in response to Re: Main St traffic and the new Bus Only lanes, posted by BrooklynBus on Sat Nov 28 10:42:42 2015. I have seen double parking tickets written by police cars that stop in front of the car preventing it from leaving in order so a ticket to be written. I remember when before a ticket was written the police would actually search for te owner in nearby stores before writing a ticket. The emphasis is only on revenue, not keeping traffic moving. If someone double parking is delaying traffic, the prudent thing would be to first ask the driver to move in order to keep traffic flowing, not to block an additional lane for three minutes so a summons can be written.First of all, I can't believe that it would take the police less time to find the owner of a car and ask him or her to move the car than it takes to write a summons. Second, you just don't seem, here or elsewhere, to grasp the concept of deterrence. Contrary to what you repeatedly assert, the point of issuing tickets is not simply to raise revenue -- it is to teach people not to break the law. Having the police scurry around trying to warn lawbreakers to hurry and get away before the police get them (!) makes absolutely no sense. |
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