Today I had to stop at the courthouse here in town to drop off and pick up my wife. While there, I noticed numerous "towaway zone" signs, which didn't affect me really, because I wasn't parking to begin with. Then, I noticed a handicap spot where not one, but two drivers had double-parked behind, effectively blocking the legally parked driver in the handicap zone (I didn't check to see if there was a decal in the window). Our courthouse is part of a public-service area which includes a firehall, an art museum, a park, a library and most importantly: a police station. A traffic cop has only to walk a few hundred feet from the station door to ticket these cars. Also, I'm assuming the courthouse is full of lawyers and judges, all of whom are feeling quite litigious on any given day.
I couldn't wrap my head around what I was even seeing with the park job and I wish I had a camera. The handicapped spot was part of a pair that were side-by-side. They were fenced in by the curb on either side of the spots. Now: the other handicapped spot was empty for some reason as the driver of the third vehicle had parked INFRONT of the spot. That meant that the driver in the occupied handicapped spot couldn't back up straight because there was a vehicle there, and even though the spot next to him was empty, he couldn't slide over and back up there because there was ANOTHER car parked next the car parked behind him, and curbs everywhere else. Unless he jumped the curb, drove across the grass and onto the sidewalk and onto the busy street in front of him, he wasn't getting anywhere.Also: there were other available spots nearby. The parking lot wasn't full.
No one had ambassador plates.
In my mind, I imagined these people were all in court fighting charges of doing the thing they were currently doing.
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