General Road and Highway Discussion

[dtkvictim]

In that case, it should be unceremoniously towed, the same as it would be if they left it in the middle of the street. Unless it was just there for a couple of minutes while they were moving vehicles around. But in that case why couldn’t they just stash it along the curb in the vehicular part of the street? Sidewalks aren’t built to take that much weight.

Although note that even my language above shows the problem: I’m implicitly granting that where it is shown in the photo is not “in the middle of the street”.

This whole rhetoric is revealing though.

WHY is it THERE and NOT in the roadway? Why do drivers think this is a better idea. Why do the police agree with them? How did our society get to be so broken?

Even with society's current state of mind, it just doesn't make any sense to me. The choice is between completely blocking the ONLY MUT vs blocking 50% of the roadway which has a perfectly usable parallel lane (from what I can tell). The only way this decision makes sense is if you don't consider parking across the entire MUT to be blocking anyone.

This is also what you get when you have homes/driveways on a major arterial. No one would question parking on the street while shuffling cars around in a regular residential area.