Warm up your car, get a $100 ticket. What's next, penalties for driving in bad neighborhoods?
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Warm up your car, get a $100 ticket. What's next, penalties for driving in bad neighborhoods?
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It's not BS...
It's in response to a rash of car thefts because poor widdle soccer moms can't stand the cold.
Idiots deserve the ticket and to get their car stolen.
After spending a time in Iowa, Wyoming, and Colorado over the past two months, I can guarantee you that kind of ticket would get laughed out of court anywhere with a real winter...
My tax dollars are supposed to go towards catching the bad guys stealing the cars, not to penalize soccer moms. On my property, if I want to warm up my car, leave it unlocked or accidentally leave my keys inside, then that is my risk and my perogative.
Reminds me of an incident a few years ago, when the school bus carrying my 14 year old daughter was rear-ended by another driver. Although the bus was barely even tapped, the paramedics showed up and examined her and the other passenger. A few days later, she received a bill from the City of Bedford for $500 for emergency medical treatment.
Punishing/blaming the victim is bad policy to follow when government is unable to fulfill its obligations to its citizens.
Better to give them a $100 fine to educate them than for them to get their car stolen and have insurance pay $0 because they left their keys in the car.
Think it had more to do with the cars getting swiped at gas stations with the kids still strapped in the car......
That's different. But these poor bastards in the video had them stolen from their driveway. No different than if they came into the house through an unlocked door or open garage.Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing