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Anonymous wrote:I may move back into DC just to be able to do this. I'd only work on Sundays, and would target the MD drivers who completely disregard all parking ruled when attending church. They make weekends terrible in certain neighborhoods.

This might be the best idea ever.

If you target the church goin’ folks who drive in from PG, you will be shamed and smeared like that author who dared to call out the lawbreaking Metro employee.

Righteous historical church goers versus righteous hipster bikers. Let the games begin!

I have never been a biker, or a hipster. But, in this, my cause is righteous. People who block other cars in, fire hydrants, and otherwise park wherever the hell they want deserve to be ticketed. Full stop. I also woudl eb working overtime this week, ticketing the cops from the middle of West Bumf*ck who drive into DC for Police week and completely disregard parking regulations (and otherwise behave like jackasses), because who's going to give them a ticket?

[Raises Hand] Right here. I'll be giving you the ticket, officer. I'll have *everyone* mad at me. Which means, of course, that I'm doing it right.

PP (and others who want to give out tickets), if you include the guys below in your ticket-giving enthusiasm, I will wholeheartedly second your nominations and fight for you all to take your rightful posts.

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Anonymous wrote:Horrible idea. Wow. Thanks for highlighting this, will spread the word.

So you're in favor of rampant illegal parking? Don't care about safety?

Right?

But the benefit to this is probably not that too many tickets will get issued just that people parking illegally will never know who might issue a ticket and will need to be more careful. As it is the parking enforcement people mostly drive and are easy to spot.

With this program I suspect it will be pretty easy for someone to subtly take a photo with their phone with the person sitting in the car illegally parked not even noticing.

There was an effort the other night by a group of cyclists to track illegal bike lane parking during the evening rush hour - I think in one hour something like 20 people recored $100,000 worth of parking violations.

I usually take the bus and it is rare while I am standing around waiting with nothing else to do to not spot multiple parking violations - I have no doubt that most days I could report a few violations during time when I otherwise have nothing else to do.

Anonymous wrote:Horrible idea. Wow. Thanks for highlighting this, will spread the word.

So you're in favor of rampant illegal parking? Don't care about safety?

Horrible idea. Wow. Thanks for highlighting this, will spread the word.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I may move back into DC just to be able to do this. I'd only work on Sundays, and would target the MD drivers who completely disregard all parking ruled when attending church. They make weekends terrible in certain neighborhoods.

This might be the best idea ever.

If you target the church goin’ folks who drive in from PG, you will be shamed and smeared like that author who dared to call out the lawbreaking Metro employee.

Righteous historical church goers versus righteous hipster bikers. Let the games begin!

I have never been a biker, or a hipster. But, in this, my cause is righteous. People who block other cars in, fire hydrants, and otherwise park wherever the hell they want deserve to be ticketed. Full stop. I also woudl eb working overtime this week, ticketing the cops from the middle of West Bumf*ck who drive into DC for Police week and completely disregard parking regulations (and otherwise behave like jackasses), because who's going to give them a ticket?

[Raises Hand] Right here. I'll be giving you the ticket, officer. I'll have *everyone* mad at me. Which means, of course, that I'm doing it right.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I may move back into DC just to be able to do this. I'd only work on Sundays, and would target the MD drivers who completely disregard all parking ruled when attending church. They make weekends terrible in certain neighborhoods.

This might be the best idea ever.

If you target the church goin’ folks who drive in from PG, you will be shamed and smeared like that author who dared to call out the lawbreaking Metro employee.

Righteous historical church goers versus righteous hipster bikers. Let the games begin!

What could possibly go wrong?

Wait until the first time a photo-taking ticket issuer is shot.

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Anonymous wrote:I may move back into DC just to be able to do this. I'd only work on Sundays, and would target the MD drivers who completely disregard all parking ruled when attending church. They make weekends terrible in certain neighborhoods.

This might be the best idea ever.

If you target the church goin’ folks who drive in from PG, you will be shamed and smeared like that author who dared to call out the lawbreaking Metro employee.

New poster- I don’t care. A true Christian wouldn’t endanger everyone by blocking fire hydrants and streets.

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Anonymous wrote:I know that I would quickly be called Parking Patty. In this day and age of social media, when another thread is all about “worrying about yourself”, how do you think this will go over in rapidly gentrifying DC?

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/05/08/low-income-americans-walk-and-bike-to-work-the-most/

Despite the stereotype of yuppies in spandex, safer biking would be a benefit to low income people.

Biking is more healthy than Chick fil a.

Lies, Chick-fil-a makes my heart happy and my cortisone levels rise. Biking does not.

Then you're biking wrong. I'm so much happier than when I drive. Even when it's raining.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know that I would quickly be called Parking Patty. In this day and age of social media, when another thread is all about “worrying about yourself”, how do you think this will go over in rapidly gentrifying DC?

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/05/08/low-income-americans-walk-and-bike-to-work-the-most/

Despite the stereotype of yuppies in spandex, safer biking would be a benefit to low income people.

Biking is more healthy than Chick fil a.

Lies, Chick-fil-a makes my heart happy and my cortisone levels rise. Biking does not.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know that I would quickly be called Parking Patty. In this day and age of social media, when another thread is all about “worrying about yourself”, how do you think this will go over in rapidly gentrifying DC?

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/05/08/low-income-americans-walk-and-bike-to-work-the-most/

Despite the stereotype of yuppies in spandex, safer biking would be a benefit to low income people.

Biking is more healthy than Chick fil a.

Anonymous wrote:I may move back into DC just to be able to do this. I'd only work on Sundays, and would target the MD drivers who completely disregard all parking ruled when attending church. They make weekends terrible in certain neighborhoods.

This might be the best idea ever.

If you target the church goin’ folks who drive in from PG, you will be shamed and smeared like that author who dared to call out the lawbreaking Metro employee.

Anonymous wrote:https://wtop.com/dc/2019/05/power-to-the-people-dc-residents-could-soon-issue-tickets/

I think this is great and hilarious. People around here behave so poorly with their cars, and MPD doesn’t really do any traffic enforcement. What’s the downside?

Just emailed DH and asked if we can relo back to DC Why, why, why did we sell our house?!? I would be the first citizen officer sworn in!

I may move back into DC just to be able to do this. I'd only work on Sundays, and would target the MD drivers who completely disregard all parking ruled when attending church. They make weekends terrible in certain neighborhoods.

This might be the best idea ever.

DC wants to crowd source revenue raising from cars, yet they got rid of the car crime tax force years ago (for serious crime like theft) and the Mayor is cutting more policing crime solving funds. Meanwhile, another promising life/young pedestrian murdered by a speeding car yesterday. The city solely cares about revenue at this point. Not deterring or solving crime. Disgusted.