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Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:39:28 +0100

Kin Lane

kin@mastodon.kinlane.com

Saw the Barnacle parking enforcement in action today

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Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:24:03 +0100

Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

mlanger@mastodon.world

@kin @Marrekoo Holy crap.

I see a lot of potential for hacking and abuse here. I still think towing is more effective. When my car got towed in New York City it was a royal hassle to figure out where it was, take a cab there, and pay both the parking fine and the towing fee to get it back. You better believe I never illegally parked again in New York City.

(For the record, I was too close to a fire hydrant.)

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:46:10 +0100

Marco van Burgsteden 🍋

Marrekoo@urbanists.social

@mlanger @kin

Towing is ideally only done when the vehicle poses a direct danger or hindrance. Such as blocking a hydrant.

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:12:09 +0100

Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

mlanger@mastodon.world

@Marrekoo @kin I wasn’t blocking. I think you’re supposed to be 10 or 15 feet away and I was 5 or 10 feet away. In other words, 5 feet too close. I don’t think the curbs were painted red in those days — this was a LONG time ago. Definitely not blocking. I had a really small car and squeezed it in. But still didn’t really fit.