Eyes on the Street: Placard Abuse, From Sea to Shining Sea
We got a tip yesterday about an errant driver hogging a curbside spot in a residential area:
By
Brad Aaron
5:30 PM EST on December 3, 2009
We got a tip yesterday about an errant driver hogging a curbside spot in a residential area:
So, outside my house is a street with two hour parking. Today a Jaguar
with dealer plates was parked there all day. When I checked, it was
because there was an FD placard on the car.
No news there, right? Except our tipster was Streetsblog LA’s Damien Newton, and the placard in question was emblazoned with the logo of the FDNY Uniformed Firefighters Association.
Placards without borders. Gotta love it.
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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