12-11-2020, 08:10 PM
(12-11-2020, 07:54 PM)jwilliamson Wrote:(12-11-2020, 07:45 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: This exactly, and it is doubly concerning when it is a traditionally disadvantaged group.
Isn't it a good thing that transit users are getting the best enforcement of the bylaw? Obviously it would be nice if there were enough resources to enforce it everywhere, but focusing on protecting people in a setting where many can't practically leave if someone is putting them at risk seems good to me.
This has a kernel of truth to it, it's easy to enforce against transit riders, that's why it's being done. And I don't just mean because there's already a massive oversized enforcement agency available. But because it is politically convenient to target and ticket transit riders.
It's the same reason that massive oversized enforcement arm exists...because when bylaw enforces the same laws against home owning car drivers council gets complaints from people who are angry that the law applies to them. But most people on transit do not have the phone numbers of their councillors on speed dial, let alone the time to spend calling them.
I keep having to point this out, just because I feel the system is corrupt and unfair, does not mean I have to disagree with the specific law. But lots of people can not, or will not see this subtlety.