Forum Overview :: Orbitor 1 :: The only point to city street sweeping is making money from parking tickets

[quote name="fabio"]The area I've been living has the most draconian parking laws I've ever seen. My landlord charges $50/month to park in the building's lot, while city street parking right outside the front entrance is only $20/year. Seemed like a no brainer. Except street sweeping is every two weeks and so far I've averaged $50-$75 a month in parking tickets for the damn thing. 1st and 3rd Friday for one side, 2nd and 4th Monday for the other side. <b>Everyone got that forever? Never slip up on that ever?</b> Fifty goddamn dollars every time you slip up. For comparison, parking at an expired meter or without a city permit is $20, parking in a fucking FIRE LANE is $50. Would it really turn into a post apocalyptic wasteland if they only swept once a month? The other suburb I used to live at 2 miles away had street sweeping once per <i>season</i> and the street cleanliness is exactly the same. Much like Ray!'s lawnmowing neighbor, I can never tell the difference before and immediately after a sweep. Parking ticket cash has to be the only reason. My block alone averages ten $50 tickets every quad-monthly sweeping. Other gem parking laws? Total overnight street parking BAN from November to April. Why? POTENTIAL snow emergencies. No waiting until there's an actual snow emergency warning in advance, better ban EVERYTHING for 5 months out of the year. They will never change this law. It's been tried before (since every neighboring town has much saner parking laws) and always shot down early. Partly because the city makes too much money on tickets, partly because it's an asshole yuppie town and it gives homeowners a twisted smug pride watching the meter maids from their safe haven driveways.[/quote]