XPost: nyc.general, nyc.transit, nyc.motorcycles 
 XPost: alt.autos 
 From: steveo@panix.com 
  
 Phrederik  wrote: 
 >> > > Would life in prison without parole be an appropriate penalty 
 >> > > for the "crime" of  jaywalking? No doubt some idealogues even 
 >> > > more extreme than you in their concepts of "responsibility" 
 >> > > would think so. 
 >> > 
 >> > Whatever... You didn't commit a crime, you parked on private property 
 >> > without permission. The owner was well within his rights. If he wanted, 
 >he 
 >> > could say that everyone is allowed to park, unless your first name 
 >starts 
 >> > with "B". 
 >> 
 >> CVS Stores may have been technically within their legal rights 
 >> to tow my car and extort $160 from me, but what they perpetrated 
 >> was a draconian penalty way out of proportion to my trivial 
 >> offense, which unlike what they did harmed no one. 
 > 
 >And what if you had taken the last available spot, so they missed out on a 
 >big sale because there was no parking available? 
 > 
 >Also, you may think $160 is outrageous, others may not. I know people who 
 >regularly drive to work and when they can't find a parking spot just park on 
 >the street. They just accept the $40 ticket as part of the expense of 
 >driving a car. I'm guessing that the $160 is high enough to be an effective 
 >deterrent. 
 > 
 >BTW, what happens in New York when you park on a busy downtown street for an 
 >hour? That's public property - you should be allowed to park there anytime, 
 >right? 
  
 Or what happens when you park on the White House lawn?  That's 
 public property too. 
  
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 Steven O'Neill                                           steveo@panix.com 
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