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Posted by Michael549 on Sun Dec 16 18:08:13 2007, in response to Re: busted for moving between cars at Woodlawn......, posted by G1Ravage on Sun Dec 16 14:23:42 2007. I remember in the news some time ago, about a small child who had fallen between the cars because the car door opened suddenly while rounding a curve. There is a danger when one is between the cars.In my youth I have walked between the cars freely, and later as a much older guy have thought the practice to be dangerous. Sometimes the view between the cars for a railfan was fantastic - I saw stuff that one can only see in the darkness of the tunnels. At the same time, I get leary when small children are near the end-doors. I also understand the "freedom" that most folks like to enjoy, the need to be unencumbered by so many of society's restrictions. The signage is there so that the folks who wish to claim their freedom to walk between the cars can do so freely, if they are willing if caught to pay the fine, and also to not sue the MTA when something happens to them will exercising their "freedom". It is well suspected that police officers have a certain number of tickets that they have to hand out, not just for the city's monetary gain but also to show that they are productive. Some folks will try to such ticket goals are quotas, others call them "performance goals", but when you're the one that has to pay the ticket does it really matter. There are times, when we the public talks out of both sides of our mouths when it comes to a police officer's discretion. When it comes to speeding tickets, walking between the cars, and other rules, etc. One hand the public says that unless all 100% of those breaking those rules are caught then why bother having this or that particular rule? Once a rule-breaker has been caught, why can't the police use their discretion to let a particular person go? At the same time "its unfair if some people are caught, and not others who break the rules. At the same time the public says it really wants "the right kind of people" to be ticketed, jailed or worse - the "right kind of people" changes depending upon who's talking. At the same time the public says that there is too much dis-order so "do something" go catch those folks breaking the rules, and then the public chafes at the rules that their representatives help to create. Bottom Line: There are times when we do something that we know are wrong, we can rationalize all it we want, but there are times when there is a price to pay, so we then have to man up enough and pay the fine. Mike |
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