New York Post: A WALK IN THE 'PARK'
Reported by uncivil on Mon, Jul 27 2009
No stopping or standing?
No problem.
Despite a widely touted citywide crackdown on parking placards -- both real and counterfeit -- New Yorkers can apparently still easily flout the law by parking with bogus permits.
Transportation Alternatives, a group that promotes bike-riding and mass transit, tested Mayor Bloomberg's anti-placard movement by parking a car illegally in Manhattan last week with a fake permit bearing the name of a bogus agency, "Citizen Protection Administration."
After six hours, the green Mazda Miata didn't get any summonses.
Group spokesman Wiley Norvell, who brought The Post along for the ride, said the incident proves that "if you can go out across New York City and park with impunity, then these reforms aren't achieving what they were intended to do."
[more at: http://www.nypost.com/seven/07272009/news/regionalnews/a_walk_in_the_park_181531.htm]
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Posted on Wed, Jul 29 2009 at 08:00 AM
Come on, "Citizen Protection Administration"? They can't figure out that that's a fake? Don't they have copies of the DOT brochure with them to distinguish real from fake placards?
Looks like our traffic agents need better training. They also need to be re-assured that they won't be penalized if they ticket NYPD employees, etc.
Posted on Wed, Jul 29 2009 at 10:24 AM
They will not ticket their own get used to it. Get trained for what Law. They are using discretion. No LAW against that.
Posted on Thu, Jul 30 2009 at 02:27 PM
So TA just admitted making and using a fake placard? At the very least impersonation...
Posted on Fri, Jul 31 2009 at 11:20 PM
i want one right now! where can i get it? =)
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