You might wish to avoid bicycling too, unless you have the internal fortitude to stop and wait at every red light that you come to. Because I don't (and because as a bike messenger I was spending 9-10 hours per riding a bike), I received in 5 months 4 tickets, valued at $190 each -- a bit more than a week's wages. On one occasion I did indeed stop and wait; when I saw the pedestrian sign turn to 'walk' I pushed off. Alas, it turned out I had arrived at one of the few intersections in which the traffic light trails by a few seconds the pedestrian sign, and so when I crossed the threshold the light was still red, and I was pulled over. The judge was not merciful.
Mark
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Joann: "The week I came out of surgery my car got towed away. Legally
> parked, no tickets, registration ok.
>
> I went to retrieve it one day after the towing; it cost me $430 to get it
> back."
>
> [WS:] That is one of the reasons why I refuse to drive, especially
> into cities. I just do not want be a victim of the criminal racket
> linked to car ownership that entails ticketing, towing or simple break
> ins.
>
> But the question that I ask in such circumstances is this. Towing is
> "regulated" i.e. permitted by local ordinances, which are relatively
> easy to change if enough people are annoyed by them. Afaik, many
> people have been victimized by the towing racket, so I wonder why
> there are no efforts to ban or curb this practice?
>
> Wojtek
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