Re: Fowler between 5th and 10th NO PARKING 12-5

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From: Stuffed Crust
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 00:02

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In git.announce Hank Wilde <gte051w@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
>> Boots are a very grey area as far as the law is concerned.  It's perfectly
>> legit to tow, but not to boot.

> that's because somebody somewhere has enough brains to realize
> that booting a car doesn't free the space, which should be the goal.

No, that's because there are NO laws on the books about boots.

> towing frees the occupied space and thus is justifiable.

Not 'justifiable' per se, more like "makes more sense"

> so, somebody somewhere in a position of authority was using
> whatever substitute for a brain they were issued.

I imagine boots are cheaper than towing, and booting a car is far safer
than towing one.  Because if you tow the car, you become responsible for
any damage done to it.

The idea behind booting and towing from parking spots is the same --
deprive the person of the use of their car.  It has nothing to do with
freeing the space up.

 - Pizza
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From: Stuffed Crust <pizza@shaftnet.org>
Newsgroups: git.announce,git.aux.parking,git.aux.transportation,git.general,git.housing.general
Subject: Re: Fowler between 5th and 10th NO PARKING 12-5
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